The thing was enormous and hideous, but it was love carved from wood.

Where would I be without you? Without your initiation of love, your invitation to grace?

There are so many words in Scripture that can comfort and encourage. I wonder if, like me, one of the first verses that comes to your mind in these situations is Romans 8:28. But has this verse become too easy to quote? Has it become a band-aid verse we reach for when we don't know what else to say?