5/13/2023 0 Comments Start here alex and brett harrisThis tree has all the nourishment it needs. It lies at the lower part of our property, where the water sinks deep into the soil. In contrast, many protected and untested trees have long since fallen. It has lost many thick limbs, but others have grown, and harsh circumstances have made it stronger. I’ve taken pictures of my preschool daughters in that tree, and now of their children, my grandsons. Several times in the thirty years we’ve lived here, I thought it would fall. In our side yard a tree has survived ice storms, heavy snows, and howling winds. In my book If God Is Good, I talk about how the suffering and trials we face-the hard things-are steep hills that increase our spiritual lung capacity resistance builds our endurance. I’ve been in an email loop with Alex and Brett, and it’s wonderful to see God’s grace in their lives. Recently they posted a great follow-up, talking about their lives over a decade after the publication of Do Hard Things: (Here’s a powerful article we shared a few years ago from Ana, Brett’s wife, no stranger to suffering.) I love these two young men, and the wonderful wives God has given them. I keep in touch with Brett and Alex, and I followed up with a blog in 2015 talking about how both of them were continuing to do hard things.
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