Purpose from God's perspective looks entirely different than purpose from culture's perspective.

Could illness and pain hold greater purpose than we imagine?

Maybe it's less about what we can do than about how much we can love. More about walking with others through the pain than seeking a solution for the pain. Maybe presence is our greater purpose.

On our difficult paths we need truth to speak louder than the lies of despair.

Worry is a knock-off bauble masquerading as Truth, but costing us dearly.

God has graciously sewn laughter into our days, bright moments tucked among the shadows of illness and pain, and while those moments don't change our circumstances, they can lessen our pain and shift our hearts toward joy.