The Thank-You That Couldn't Wait
When Marcus Rivera's truck slid off an icy bridge outside Duluth, Minnesota, in January 2019, he hung upside down in the cab, pinned by the...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19.
When Marcus Rivera's truck slid off an icy bridge outside Duluth, Minnesota, in January 2019, he hung upside down in the cab, pinned by the crushed dashboard, watching dark water seep through the shattered windshield. He couldn't move his legs. He couldn't reach his phone. All he could do was cry out — first to anyone who might hear, and then, when silence answered, to God.…
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