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I pray that Carol’s Hope will help you:

Discover hope through “God-moments” in your day.
Encourage your heart, soul and mind.
Give you practical ideas and resources to help in your walk of faith.

Darlene Diebler Rose, A Hero

Who are your heroes? One of mine was a missionary in New Guinea who spent four years, from age 22 to 26, in a Japanese POW camp during WWII.

Treatment was brutal but Darlene Diebler Rose continued to find strength and hope. Read her story here.

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What’s Your Story?

While waiting with my husband for an organ transplant on the other side of the country, we listened to, and shared, stories with strangers who quickly became friends. I wrote about one such story, of a Father-Son clown team.

Are you making time to listen to others’ stories and share your own?

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Stormy Weather

California has been slammed by the biggest storms we’ve had in five years, sending rain and wind and flooding. I heard this morning that floods result in more deaths than any other natural disaster, including […]

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Resolutions? or Commitments

Resolutions? or Commitments

I finally tested negative for Covid on Friday and suddenly had the energy to clear out a cupboard full of wrapping paper, sheets, candles, ribbons. Don and I gathered all the Christmas wrappings to put […]

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Anticipation

December 18, 1620. Four hundred two years and one week ago. The Mayflower, carrying passengers who desired to build a new life with religious freedom, docked in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Imagine the anticipation of these passengers […]

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Covid Christmas

I tested positive for Covid yesterday morning. Missed our Froese family Christmas. My brother Arnold packed up and left quickly, since his in-laws in LA, whom he was going to visit next, have also been […]

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The Babe who is King of Kings

Samantha (not her real name) is a missionary in a very dangerous part of the world. We were delighted to see her again, and to see her joy in ministry.

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Christmas is for Giving

Are you as happy about Christmas as I am? This morning Don and I walked into church a few minutes late. The Christmas music had already begun, and I felt uplifted, caught up in praise […]

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Blessed to Bless Others

As promised last week, I began to keep a gratitude journal. It’s been a wonderful start to most days. Whether it’s gratitude for seeing a good movie (we watched “The Chosen”, first two episodes of […]

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Grateful

PREVENTION magazine calls it Vitamin G. Gratitude actually makes our bodies and minds work better. “Studies have linked living a thankful life to fewer aches and pains, better sleep, and more.” There can be a […]

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Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds…”

Hebrews 10:23-24