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Tag: hope

Shadowy mountains brood under a dim sky.
Disability & Rare Disease, Holidays & Seasons, Tough Times

When Waiting Seems Unbearable

December 19, 2024 Megan Bean

We must wait, or give up on what we're waiting for. But how do we keep waiting when waiting seems hopeless?

Tagged Advent, book, discipleship, doubt, faith, focus, hope, Just Megan, perseverence, perspective, prayer, publishing journey, trust, uncertainty, waiting3 Comments
Pink tulip-shaped flowers adorn the bare branches of a shrub reaching upward toward a blue sky.
Gospel, Life

Resurrected for Life

March 28, 2024September 16, 2024 Megan Bean

Here are four ways our resurrection later offers us hope and meaning now.

Tagged hope, perspective, redemption, renewal, Resurrection, transformation, triumph1 Comment
Life

Hope for the Joyless

February 28, 2024 Megan Bean

Hereโ€™s why joy still needs teachingโ€”and why thereโ€™s hope for us when joy is a struggle.

Tagged discipleship, hope, joy, peace2 Comments
A Bible lies open in the seat of a power wheelchair in an outdoor setting. Fallen leaves in the grass indicate it's autumn.
Disability & Rare Disease, God

When the Bible Meets Disability

October 28, 2022July 24, 2025 Megan Bean

How we view disability and treat those who live with it matter. And, as with every other life topic or ethical question, our best guide is the Bible . . . All our best intentions and attempts at inclusion will miss the mark unless they grow from and by biblical truths.

Tagged Bible, grace, hope, humanity, inclusion, Jesus, love, perspective, redemption, Resurrection, service2 Comments
A white plastic basket sits on the ground in the aisle a barn. The basket has two rectangular compartments and a handle running along the divider between them. Its compartments are filled with various brightly-colored brushes and tools used to groom horses. The floor of the barn aisle is covered with rather dirty rubber mats. Shade and morning sunlight streak the ground. Under a board fence in the background are the plants and dirt of a paddock.
Donkey Devos, God, Life

Waiting for Perfection

June 13, 2022September 27, 2024 Megan Bean

If God wants our sanctification so badly, why doesn't He just skim off our old selves and slip on the new in an instant? Why make us endure the wait?

Tagged animals, discipleship, donkeys, Holy Spirit, hope, perseverence, perspective, transformation1 Comment
The fallen, pale pink blossoms of a Japanese Flowering Cherry tree litter the sun-dappled ground under the tree.
God, Holidays & Seasons, Tough Times

When Good Things End

April 28, 2022September 27, 2024 Megan Bean

Trusting Godโ€™s purposes is hard enough when bad things invade our lives. But what about when good things leave? When instead of facing an enemy, we face simply...emptiness?

Tagged blessing, creation, doubt, flowers, hope, interruptions, loss, spring, uncertainty1 Comment
Bright yellow sunflowers on tall stalks turn their faces upward toward a cloudless, deep blue sky.
Gospel, Life

Looking to the Son

October 27, 2020September 27, 2024 Megan Bean

This is more than positive thinking. It's even more than counting our blessings. It isn't just admiring good things; itโ€™s looking through the goodness to its Source. And it's committing to seeking that Source with our entire selves, all our lives, no matter what we go through.

Tagged creation, faith, flowers, focus, hope, Jesus, joy, perseverence, perspective, Second Coming7 Comments
Holidays & Seasons, Life

Versing into the New Year: Part 1

January 11, 2020June 1, 2022 Megan Bean

I turn to poetry because it can speak in ways that prose canโ€™t. We can pray,ย  even sing, through poetry.

Tagged focus, hope, new year, prayer, Writing1 Comment
God, Tough Times

Why Worry?

August 23, 2019October 29, 2024 Megan Bean

I get tired of fighting the God who controls everything. And I think He loves me, which makes it worse.

Tagged confidence, faith, fear, focus, grace, hope, peace, perseverence, perspective, trust, worry2 Comments
God, Gospel, Holidays & Seasons

The Best News

April 18, 2019October 29, 2024 Megan Bean

At its core, Easter is a celebration of the central events of Christianity, the events that launched the faith and on which our hope is based: the crucifixion, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ for the worldโ€™s salvation.

Tagged Bible, faith, Gospel, grace, hope, Jesus, salvation, Second Coming1 Comment

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