Goodbye 2019, Hello 2020

This year was filled with a lot of learning and growing. It was a year of struggles and happy moments.

One of the most special and memorable moments of this year for me was watching the sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean. 

What is your best memory of 2019?
What are you looking forward to most in the new year?

Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.
Psalm 25:5

By Bethany Acker, Co-Author of No Longer Broken

Merry Christmas!

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
Luke 2:11

And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.

1 John 4:14

Merry Christmas!

By Bethany Acker, Co-Author of No Longer Broken

Finding Joy This Christmas Season

We get so caught up in the cares of this world, in the pain that we are feeling in the moment, that we forget to be grateful for the most amazing gift that has ever been given to us. A gift we don't deserve and that is better than anything we could ever imagine.

We get so wrapped up in gifts, in the traditions that we have made on earth, that we start to forget what Christmas is really about.

Christmas is about God's son coming to earth. He was born in a humble place for us. He lived to die, to take away our sins.

This year, as we struggle with health, finances, or whatever may be on our minds, let us put our focus on him.

This year, instead of thinking of the gifts or the pressure surrounding Christmas, let us find the light and joy of the season. Let us be thankful for the greatest gift ever.

And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.
1 John 4:14

By Bethany Acker, Co-Author of No Longer Broken

Because of Jesus, Death Is Not The End

Christmas is a beautiful time because it holds promises and hope.
Jesus came to earth for us, to live and die for us. He rose again and offers us everlasting life.
Because of God's power and grace, evil will never win. Death is not the end.

'He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death' or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."

Revelation 21:4

Surely the righteous will never be shaken;
they will be remembered forever.
Psalm 112:6

There is so much to be thankful for this Christmas season and always!

By Bethany Acker, Co-Author of No Longer Broken