Author name: lynwake

  This week in Heartbreakingly Beautiful we take a deeper look at the source of true beauty and unveil the secret that Bethany discovered… true beauty comes from gazing on and reflecting the Beautiful One – Jesus Christ!  Beth discovered that Jesus was her ‘mirror’ – the One she was to gaze on and reflect […]

Throughout Beth’s illness, I often thought of our story in terms of the story of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice Isaac to the Lord. Could I lay down my child to God in the way He was asking me to do – relinquishing all rights, and her very life, to the hands of my redeeming God?

  I hope you were able to BE Listeners of the Word in fresh ways throughout the past week. As we come to this week’s devotional in Heartbreakingly Beautiful, we weave a few threads together and get practical about our faith – like Beth had to do! All the faith-based listening in the world will

“He who has ears to hear, let him hear!” This week in Heartbreakingly Beautiful, we discuss some ‘Kingdom secrets’ we learned through Beth’s suffering. They were taught in the context of great suffering and we learned that God’s eternal Kingdom is upside down and inside out compared to the values of this world. How do

  “I have called you by name – you are mine!” (Isaiah 43:1) I am so grateful that God’s Word tells us that we are not lost when hidden in Him. We are not insignificant in His eyes that behold us with immeasurable love and we are not nameless! In fact, we are called by

The Bible talks a lot about sowing and reaping, often within the context of sorrow and tears. Let’s look at a precious little verse tucked away in Psalm 56:8 which gives us great insight into the compassionate heart of God… “You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your

Last week we were encouraged to keep changing into the image of Jesus throughout all the changing seasons life brings. This changing process is initiated and applied by the Lord Jesus Himself… For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy (Hebrews 10:14). While this work is already completed

Have things around you been changing lately? Or maybe you are in a season where you desire change, but things remain stagnant? How about the condition of your heart? What season of change is going on inside you as at the moment? Someone once said to me; “Being alive is a process of change. If

“We believe and know you are the One…” (John 6:68-69) Do you ever find it hard to keep believing in Jesus? Even though I have been a believer for many years, the persistent knock of unbelief seems to keep tapping away at my mind no matter where I am.  I have had the opportunity this

  I made up my mind a long time ago that I would worship and follow Jesus no matter what happened in my life. Easier said than done when life gets tough!  It was very easy to bless the name of the Lord on the day our beloved Bethany Joy was born. I shared some