Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. —LAMENTATIONS 3:22–23 (NIV) Years ago, I met a woman who told me that when she was younger, she tragically lost everything in a house fire. Not one belonging was spared. Thankfully, no one was home when it happened. “I was devastated,” she said, “but now I can honestly say it was one of the best things that ever happened to me.”
I thought of her as I rummaged through my attic, surrounded by two decades of things too precious to throw away. “At the time, I felt so lost and helpless,” I remembered the woman saying. “But you have no idea how freeing it is to…
