The same hardness of heart that once resisted God can, through Jesus, become the very strength that resists sin. Grace doesn’t erase your temperament—it redeems it. The will that once said “no” to God becomes the fortress that says “no” to evil.

Day 5 — Joy That Holds in the Dark Key Verse (ESV) “ Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines... yet I will...

In a pre-technological world, there was no shortcut to survival. If you didn’t draw water, you didn’t drink. If you didn’t gather wood, you didn’t cook. If you didn’t sow seed or grind grain, you didn’t eat.