“New every morning”: a devotional on Lamentations 3:22-23
In the middle of the Book of Lamentations, written after the destruction of Jerusalem, comes one of the Bible's most hopeful passages: "Because of the Lord's…
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Written after a drowning: the story of “‘Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus”
Louisa M. Stead wrote "'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus" in 1882, a few years after her husband drowned trying to save a boy in…
Written to comfort two grieving husbands: the story of “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms”
"Leaning on the Everlasting Arms", published in 1887, began when music teacher Anthony J. Showalter received letters from two former pupils whose wives had died. Writing…
Don Moen wrote “God Will Make a Way” for a family who had just lost their son
In 1990, worship leader Don Moen wrote "God Will Make a Way" for relatives whose son had been killed in a car accident. It became one…