Seeing the Face of Jesus

by | Feb 29, 2024 | Courage, Hope, Peace, Strength

©Joy Dunlap  https://joydunlap.com “It would take a miracle,” the ER doctor said. Earlier, when I arrived at my brother’s apartment, flashing lights from a firetruck, EMT vans, and a police car added to the surrealness and the shock. “They’ve been working on him for...

What Can You Count On This Year?

by | Jan 23, 2024 | Encouragement, Hope, Peace, Strength

©Joy Dunlap  https://joydunlap.com What do you expect this year to bring?   What can you count on? We may set goals, establish resolutions, pick words of the year, and dive into new activities to try to make life better.  Expectations may be that if we do X, Y might...

Is the Gift Card Still Valid?

by | Jul 11, 2023 | Fulfillment, Hope, Peace, Rescue

©Joy Dunlap  https://joydunlap.com The pain jabbing in my leg muscle and hip kept waking me up at night.  When I walked, the pain radiated.  Trying not to limp proved difficult in my own strength, despite my best efforts to try to focus one foot in front of the other....

Chopped Trees and Calvary

by | Apr 7, 2023 | Growth, Hope, Purpose

©Joy Dunlap  https://joydunlap.com My heart sank. I’d been expecting it because of the signs I had seen, but nothing prepared me for what I saw. Hundreds of tall trees had been chopped down a few blocks from me. What will rise up is difficult to envision, and it’s...

The Beep Goes On

by | Feb 9, 2023 | Encouragement, Hope, Rescue

©Joy Dunlap  https://joydunlap.com Beep.Beep.Beep.Beep. The sound seemed to be coming from me, but I checked my phone and that wasn’t it. Beep.Beep.Beep.Beep.  People in the hospital waiting room turned to look at me. Beep.Beep.Beep.Beep. What was that? Could that...

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