The Hard Look
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The Hard Look is an honest conversation. It invites you to examine yourself before God, including the things you may have overlooked or avoided.
- See what’s there.
- Ask why it’s there.
- Find what’s underneath.
- Face it.
- Let grace meet you.
About
I’m not writing this because I’ve figured life out. Far from it. I still have questions. I still struggle with things I thought I’d be past by now.
Alphein, from Before You Look
The Hard Look walks beside you. It isn’t written from a pedestal, and you aren’t a project to fix.
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The Hard Look
A Reflective Devotional
The mirror shows you what is there. This book asks you to look closer.
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Thirty days. Five sections.
One reading and one question a day. Every six days, a new section begins.
- The First GlanceDays 1–6See what's there.
- More Than the ImageDays 7–12Ask why it's there.
- Out of FrameDays 13–18Find what's underneath.
- When the Light HitsDays 19–24Face it.
- Cracks and AllDays 25–30Let grace meet you.
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The Hard Look goes beyond the daily devotional. Read or listen, sit with one honest question, and reflect in your own way through writing, speaking, or capturing the words you’ve put on paper.
Keep your thoughts in one private place. Return to them days, weeks, or months later, and see what has changed.
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The Hard Look
Which fear has been with you so long it feels like part of you?
Read & reflect Psalm 139:23–24
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