What are you trusting in?
/What are your idols? What do you turn to besides God to fulfill you? I turn to approval. And the more I want people’s approval, the less concerned I am with God’s approval…
Read MoreWhen Your Prayer Requests Feel Too Personal
/We all have griefs that don’t wear black. Struggles that will not end up on the prayer chain. But we can share these griefs with a trusted few who can pray with us and point us to God.
Read MoreWhen Everyone is Irritating You…
/I was mentally jotting down people who had been irritating me. It was everyone I knew. But then I picked up the Bible and was convicted of my own actions and attitudes…
Read MoreNothing is Beyond Redemption
/I pull into the driveway, and I’m undone at seeing my camellia bush. This resurrected shrub has weathered many storms and has taught that God is always working, especially when I can’t see it.
Read MoreWhen You Struggle To Believe God Loves You
/It’s hard to believe God loves us in the midst of relentless trials. And yet God shows us His unfailing love as He does his deepest work in the fiercest storms...
Read MoreThe Gift of Sustaining Grace
/No one complained about the parting of the Red Sea. Everyone loves delivering grace. But we aren't satisfied with sustaining grace. Yet that is the grace that tethers us to God.
Read MoreThe Necessity of Lament
/It’s okay to lament. It’s biblical. God wants us to pour out our hearts to him honestly, without pretense or platitudes, acknowledging both our joys and sorrows…so we can be comforted.
Read MoreIs My Suffering Meaningless?
/While it sounds cruel to say that God willed my infant son’s death, believing my son died against God’s will is far worse. I am thankful that God is in all my suffering and it all has purpose…
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