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wendy l macdonald my faith is not shallow because i ve been rescued from the deep skip to content wendy l macdonald my faith is not shallow because i ve been rescued from the deep these three things part 3 love one christmas during a season of grief god showed me his deep love for me through a timely gift the funny thing is that the gift was meant for someone else but before i explain the strange circumstances of the mystery gift i d like to share some thoughts about love i don t know what most draws you to god his love is what won me over there was tremendous turmoil in my childhood home mental health struggles within our nest ruffled feathers and caused havoc between the reasonably peaceful times but even in peace there was an underlying tension that made me doubt god loved my family he didn t seem to answer my sunday school inspired prayers no i wasn t an ideal follower of jesus i dabbled in faith just enough to know that it wasn t safe to die without trusting in jesus first what i lacked was a personal relationship with him our whole family lacked that god only came up in conversations around home as a curse word going to church was uplifting coming home to a house where all the curtains were still closed and everyone else was still in nightclothes was a downer it didn t take long for my teenage years to prune my church attendance to nil it wasn t until i attended college that i became interested in god again the love i witnessed and felt during the closing prayer of a christian intervarsity meeting spurred my search for a fellowship to attend after a couple of fumbling years of trying various churches i was invited to a home care group love is what drew me to this warm group of friends their love drew me back to church and god s love healed me of an eating disorder soon after god s love woos us and won t give up on us now let s get back to the mystery gift during my childhood my dad would often listen to roger whittaker albums when he was feeling melancholy he played the music loud enough for me to hear from my bedroom thankfully i enjoyed the soothing sound of the man with the calming voice so many years later when i had my own family i mail ordered a recently released christmas album by this singer my intent was to send it to my dad as a gift but my dad died suddenly of an unexplained cause in november of that year the cd arrived at my door after my dad s funeral i had forgotten i ordered it but it helped me mourn for like my dad s probable reason for listening to roger whittaker music helped me process feelings love was why i ordered the gift love was why the timing of its arrival touched me so deeply god knew i needed the extra comfort of music when my heart was grieving love drew me because love knew i needed to lean into the softness of god s hands during the hardness of life 1 corinthians 13 13 niv says and now these three remain faith hope and love but the greatest of these is love and now i d like to close with a poem christmas is a celebration of god s greatest gift to us for through his son jesus christ he s demonstrated perfect love wlm i m nosy to know what your favorite verse or quote about love is the podcast version of this three part series is available on hopestreamradio blessings wendy i d love it if you shared this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin like loading wendy l macdonald christian memoir photography poetry 6 comments december 19 2025 april 9 2026 2 minutes posts navigation older posts meta create account log in entries feed comments feed wordpress com view wendyl mac s profile on facebook view wendylmacdonald s profile on twitter view wendyl macdonald s profile on instagram view wendylmacdonald s profile on pinterest view wendylmacdonald s profile on linkedin view ucgp0djrvid1skkjjvqhafea s profile on 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