From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 513):

O God, you are my God;
earnestly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
Psalm 63:1

Last night, Russia destroyed 100 tons of peas and 20 tons of barley in yet another attack on the Odesa region.
Today, they killed two Ukrainian children (10 and 16 years old) when a missile hit their home in the Druzhba village of the Donetsk region.
There are reports that China may be providing military aid to Russia.

My mind is ready to explode with all this news, yet when I look around, I see the beauty of God’s creation, I listen to my son’s dreams, and try to find hope in everyday things. How do these worlds coexist? How do we make sense when living in both of…