By: Andrew Carlson

                  Last week Jeromy Lee shared an in depth and emotional experience God had guided him through. For those of you who were not able to make it last Sunday, Jeromy told the story of his sister Candace; she had a defect with her heart yet persevered through the limitations, pain, suffering, and countless hospital visits. Unfortunately, God decided to take her home earlier than expected leaving the Lee family confused and heart broken. However, God spoke to Jeromy calming his heart and showing him that his sister was in heaven.

While Jeromy’s story is and touched each of us in a similar way, we must take his story and discover what God wants us to personally learn from it. God showed me more than a story of a brother who dearly loved his sister …

By: Christina Walsh

Recently, we have been talking about redeeming our experiences. This Sunday, Andrew Kuhla shared some of his experiences with us. His story shows how God’s grace and love can shine through our brokenness and hurt. Andrew’s story showed me several things about grace, love, and redemption.

First, God’s grace is always big enough to cover our brokenness. Things can never be so bad that God’s grace can’t fix it. It is in our brokenness that God’s light shines through. Also, we can never have any hurt that is too deep for God to heal. Psalm 34:18 says-“The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in Spirit.” God loves us even though we are weak. For His grace is …