Valerie Goodwin
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Author: Valerie Goodwin

As Judas walked into the night to betray him, Jesus chose that moment, before the cross, before the resurrection, before his ascension, to cry out, "Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in Him; if God is glorified in Him, God...

Being taught, being led, being forewarned, being held up when you think you cannot stand, being comforted by a perfectly worded message to meet your specific need in a given moment of time, being shown what God is working for -- this is what the...

The keen awareness that his time was short spread like pale light filling the dome of Jesus’ conscious mind. There were no decisions to be made, everything was in order, and nothing was catching him by surprise.  He was prepared. He understood what God was...

Overhead a narrative is being told of what is, what has been, and what is yet to be. It tells us that no matter how it looks, He has not left us. No matter how deep the night, darkness will not prevail. Like the first...

It was April, 2020, and Covid was raging across the globe, when I noticed the stunning coincidence. It was Passover. For the first time in history since the very first Passover in Egypt, when Israel had sheltered in place as families, every family across the...

My soul waits in silence for God only; From Him is my salvation.  Forty years have passed since the insatiable hunger took hold, propelling me to become an avid student of The Word.  Early on, drenched with wonder at the imagery that fired my mind, a day came...

  I remember the terror of the moment, just before I turned to lay my eyes on him. I was terrified because the dream I had dreamed two weeks before was now playing itself out, in every detail. I stepped onto The Quad, just like in my...

Sometimes a single moment imprints us so strongly, that it stays with us, challenging us to more deeply understand what God is saying through it. A moment like that unfolded for me in the cool quiet of predawn hours, as I was sorting through the Isaiah...

  Why do some of us clearly understand what God is saying to us, while others don't?  Why is God so real to one, and yet not to another?  This is not a casual intellectual exercise for me; it is the anguish of my life, driving me to pound on heaven's...

  My dad died in the strength of God, even though that strength eluded him most of his life.  He loved Jesus. But a thousand times my heart was broken, aching for my father to win his battles, watching as he lost. But at the very...