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I wanted people to know the Jesus I’d met in my<br />
struggle, the one who was transforming me from<br />
the inside out. That semester in London I fell<br />
in love with writing—the creative challenge of<br />
finding a way to communicate who God is and<br />
the work He’s doing in my life in a way that might<br />
help others know Him more. This is a passion I’m<br />
pursuing still today.<br />
So let me ask, what is it you’re walking through<br />
today?<br />
No matter how strongly you feel that you aren’t<br />
making any progress or that nothing is changing,<br />
keep climbing, taking it one step at a time. Press<br />
into the heart of the One who sees, knows, and<br />
loves you—the One who offers us the hope that<br />
things will not always be this way. Cling to the<br />
truth that He is redeeming all things for your good<br />
and His glory.<br />
Though it’s rare to see while in the midst of a<br />
struggle, I’ve found that if you climb enough steps,<br />
eventually you reach a viewpoint that’s far enough<br />
removed to enable you to look back at the path<br />
you’ve just journeyed, and understand it.<br />
Much love,<br />
Kaci Nicole<br />
Put on the armor of light.<br />
Romans 13:12<br />
One Love<br />
Glenda Pyzer<br />
My name is Glenda Pyzer and I live in a small<br />
town in Northern California. I have seven children<br />
and have been a teacher of special needs kids<br />
for 23 years. I grew up in a close family and was<br />
blessed with an atmosphere of love and faith,<br />
which in turn, I have tried to give to my own<br />
children. Together we have shared great joy and<br />
endured many losses. However, nothing could<br />
have prepared me for the devastating loss I would<br />
one day endure.<br />
The day Ryan died<br />
my entire world fell apart.<br />
In 2010 I lost my sixteen year old son, Ryan.<br />
He was a very healthy boy and his death was<br />
completely unexpected. One night he was here,<br />
the next morning he was gone. During the night<br />
he had suffered an acute hemorrhagic pancreatic<br />
attack and never woke up. He was a beam of light<br />
and love to all who knew him and I often said he<br />
was an old soul. I believe this to be true even more<br />
now.<br />
The day Ryan died my entire world fell apart. I<br />
could never adequately explain the devastation<br />
and darkness that encircled me but I understood<br />
immediately that unless you had lost a child, you<br />
could never understand such pain. I was led to<br />
begin a blog about my journey (www.glendapyzer.<br />
blogspot.com ). Writing has always been a<br />
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