4 Powerful Ways to Live in Faith During Great Challenges
My home and my community recently burned to the ground in the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, California, that started on January 7, 2025. In the midst of my despair, the only thing I could do was live in faith. While thinking about how this tragedy could “work out”, I relied on four powerful ways to live in faith during great challenges and the core life skills that I discuss in my Common Wisdom books.
It’s very hard to keep your cool when the world seems to be ending around you, but if you dig deep, you can find the inner strength to keep you going.
My first thought was, “How could I be witnessing such devastation in my own hometown?” And then I tried to focus on whether this devastation would have a silver lining. I lost our family’s home, which had all the memories of raising my four kids with my husband. I lived in the Pacific Palisades for 18 years, more than any other city I had ever been in my life.
To make matters worse, I witnessed great price gouging, which is illegal. Many businesses and landlords were trying to take advantage of the 150,000 displaced people by the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire in the Los Angeles area. We all needed to find shelter quickly and were surrounded by great fear. Others were so afraid of not having a place to stay that they agreed to pay ridiculous prices. They........
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