Stories of hope in Central Texas and the Middle East: “If your heart is broken, I assure you God is near”
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 9 July 2025
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Article Description
As floodwaters recede in Texas, stories of survival and hope rise: children weeping for joy as they’re reunited with parents, families clinging to faith in the face of unimaginable loss. “Trust doesn’t mean you’re over the pain,” wrote Tavia Hunt. “It means you’re handing it to the only One who can hold it with love and restore what was lost.” Meanwhile, unexpected news from the Middle East points to a new way forward. In both heartbreak and history, one truth remains: rather than interpret God’s character through our pain, we’re invited to interpret our pain through his character.
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| 0:00.0 | Greetings on this Wednesday, July 9th, 2025. |
| 0:06.4 | Welcome to the Daily Article podcast. |
| 0:09.0 | I'm Chris Elkins of the Denison Forum, narrating today's daily article written by our |
| 0:14.0 | co-founder and CEO, Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:19.1 | If you're like me, you're ready to think about some good news this morning. |
| 0:23.6 | My wife and I, like so many others, have been living in grief since the news broke last |
| 0:28.6 | Friday of the floods in Central Texas and the devastating loss of life. |
| 0:33.6 | As of this morning, at least 111 have died, according to Governor Greg Abbott, another 161 remain missing in Kerr County, including five campers and a counselor from Camp Mystic. |
| 0:47.8 | But in the midst of unspeakable tragedy, stories of survival and hope are emerging as well. A family of 33 and a woman and her |
| 0:57.8 | two dogs are among the survivors of one of the deadliest flood disasters in Texas history. |
| 1:04.1 | Reverend Haciel Hernandez-Carcia, who was in charge of receiving survivors from Camp Mystic |
| 1:09.6 | at the Re reunification center, |
| 1:11.6 | witness children, quote, being offloaded from the bus, missing shoes, having dirt all over |
| 1:17.5 | them, being hungry, seeing their parents from a distance, and they're weeping out of joy. |
| 1:24.1 | In quote, in addition, many who are grieving their losses are using their platform of suffering to share their hope in Christ with the world. |
| 1:33.4 | Tavia Hunt, wife of Kansas City Chief's CEO, Clark Hunt, posted that their family lost a young cousin. |
| 1:41.1 | She nonetheless wrote, |
| 1:42.5 | If your heart is broken, I assure you God is near. He is gentle with your wounds, |
| 1:48.7 | and he is still worthy even when your soul is struggling to believe it. Trust doesn't mean |
| 1:54.4 | you're over the pain. It means you're handing it to the only one who can hold it with love |
| 1:59.8 | and restore what was lost, for we do not |
| 2:03.0 | grieve as those without hope." It was my privilege to be their family's pastor for many years, |
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