✝ Daily Encouragement (11/20/25) "Living In A Hard Season"
Published: Thu, 11/20/25
Updated: Thu, 11/20/25
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(Click refresh or reload for current message) Thursday, November 20, 2025 
A
colorful
reminder in an
Amish
classroom of
what it means
to apply the
fruit of the
Spirit to
one's life so
they're
visible in all
seasons of our
lives.
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to enlarge
"Living
In A Hard
Season"
Message
summary:
May God give
you a steady
resolve to
live in His
peace and seek
to fulfill His
purpose. Listen to our message on your audio player. “Is not the Lord your God with you? And has He not given you peace on every side?" (1 Chronicles 22:18). "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid" (John 14:27). "But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God" (Acts 20:24). We have a 30 minute break between services at our church. This last Sunday Brooksyne was in the choir so I was alone at first. I generally like to find my seat early in this period and then mosey about greeting people. I greeted Tim, a friend I met about 25 years ago when I spoke at a sermon series at his church. We've been in a few mutual activities since then but we've not exchanged a lot of conversation over the years. When I greeted him I asked how he was doing expecting the typical "fine, thank you" or as some say, "better than I deserve". But Tim soberly responded, "Not good". Inquiring as to why he proceeded to tell me that he had cancer and it was spreading. We talked for a few minutes and I sought to encourage him before returning to my seat. He shared two goals he made for himself during this most difficult season in his life: 1) Choosing to live in peace. 2) Continuing to fervently fulfill God's calling on his life. I was touched by his thoughtful resolve so well articulated. It's good to have a spiritual plan during times like this, times when life, in the providence of God, comes at you hard. I called him yesterday and he elaborated on these goals along with Scripture verses that had sustained him. He was first diagnosed a year ago so I imagine he's been through a lot already. We are sure there are those reading this message who are in a hard season much like Tim. In fact several come to mind that we know personally. May God give you a steady resolve to live in His peace and to fulfill His purpose during the hard times, when sorrows like sea billows roll, as well as times of ease, when peace like a river attendeth our way.
Be
encouraged
today!
Hebrews
3:13
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources
"Hard Season" Watch on YouTube Matthew West "It Is Well" Watch on YouTube Sovereign Grace Music
"Is
He Worthy?"
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on YouTube
Shane and
Shane
Brooksyne's
Note:
Yesterday I
spent the day
with two dear
women who are
we are not
blood kin but
are spiritual
kinfolks - we
call ourselves
a three
generation
trio who likes
to spend time
together when
possible. Anna
Ruth being the
youngest is
like a
daughter to
me; I am in
the middle and
am like a
daughter to
Dottie who is
the oldest
among us.
We
visited a
one-room Amish
school where
Sadie (Anna
Ruth's oldest
daughter) is
the teacher
and her
younger sister
Naomi is
helper to 27
students. As
I've
experienced in
other Amish
school houses
the children
are very
respectful,
hard-working.
Learning takes
place
simultaneously
at every age
level (grades
1-8). We were
warmly
welcomed and
later the
children got
to hear about
what it was
like when
Dottie, age
91, attended
school. The
Amish (both
young and old)
thoroughly
enjoy hearing
stories from
our younger
years.
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The
three of us
sat in the
back of the
classroom and
observed, even
worked with
the younger
children who
brought us
phonics flash
cards to quiz
them. They
sang songs for
us including
"Sweet Hour of
Prayer" in
German. Most
all of the
children came
one by one to
shake our
hands and I
was able to
greet each
child at their
desk as I
distributed
homemade
cupcakes for
them to enjoy
during their
recess time.
(Photo of
Dottie Schmidt
who has become
like a mother
to me. At age
91 she is one
year younger
than my mother
who went to be
with the Lord
at the age of
67.)
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