Seeds of Joy, Stories for Easter | Lou Gehrig (2/50)

04/21/25 • 4 min

Lou Gehrig chose gratitude over despair, even as he faced the end of his career and life. Like Easter after Good Friday, hope can change how well we live, even if it can’t change how long.

“...We know that affliction makes for endurance, and endurance for tested virtue, and tested virtue for hope." Romans 5:3

Watering the Seeds

What are you focusing on today? Is it positive or negative?
How can you reflect on the unexpected joy of the disciples on Easter and apply it to your life?

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Barrington, IL 60010
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Lou Gehrig chose gratitude over despair, even as he faced the end of his career and life. Like Easter after Good Friday, hope can change how well we live, even if it can’t change how long.

“...We know that affliction makes for endurance, and endurance for tested virtue, and tested virtue for hope." Romans 5:3

Watering the Seeds

What are you focusing on today? Is it positive or negative?
How can you reflect on the unexpected joy of the disciples on Easter and apply it to your life?

Learn More
Heart to Heart, a Catholic Media Ministry: htoh.us
420 W County Line Rd, Suite 200
Barrington, IL 60010
Support our ministry with a financial gift: htoh.us/donate

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Seeds of Joy, Stories for Easter | Surrender (1/50)

When surrender seemed inevitable, an Austrian village rang out the church bells for Easter—and the attacking French army fled before the sounds of hope and joy.

Jesus told Martha: ‘I am the resurrection and the life: whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live...’” John 11:25

Watering the Seeds
What does “Easter Joy” mean to you?
How could you add "Easter Joy" into your life today?

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What was meant to bury the donkey became the very thing that helped him rise. God can use our struggles to lift us into the people He’s calling us to be.

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, on your own intelligence rely not; In all your ways be mindful of him, and he will make straight your paths." Proverbs 3:5-6

Watering the Seeds

Have you ever looked back on a problem and realized it offered some surprise grace or lesson?
What are you dealing with today that you’d like God to help you with?

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Heart to Heart, a Catholic Media Ministry: htoh.us
420 W County Line Rd, Suite 200
Barrington, IL 60010
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