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True strength isn't measured by physical power but by the ability to embrace pain and use it to serve others. I share how a grieving Irish mother whose Marine son was killed alongside me revealed a kind of strength that redefined everything I thought I knew.

• The redefinition of strength through pain and vulnerability
• Staff Sergeant Cardin's funeral and the powerful moment when wounded Marines wept together
• Meeting Cardin's mother who comforted me instead of needing comfort herself
• Finding biblical parallels to this strength in the suffering servant of Isaiah 53
• Wrestling with survivor's guilt and the haunting question of "why me?"
• Learning to trust God's higher perspective when we can only see part of the picture
• Understanding that Christianity isn't subtraction but transformation of desires
• Moving from merely surviving to living with purpose and meaning

If you're holding onto guilt, fear, comfort or control because it's all you've ever known, today might be the day to let go. You don't have to have it all figured out, just take one step toward the Father whose arms have been open the whole time.

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