After a recent loss, there were no spiritual platitudes or verses that could immediately numb the mind-blowing pain of a life taken too early, but I knew that I needed to be reminded of a God whose ways are different than mine. So, where do you turn in those moments when you feel lost, alone, and desperate for direction?
Join me as I process through three critical questions. Perhaps in my processing you, too, can find healing for a way forward through your own grief or disappointment.
Read MoreWe have all been there, the moment when the gift we thought was going to be there forever was instead lost forever: a relationship, a child, a spouse, a raise, a job, a house, you name it. We like the part of God that gives, but not the part that takes away.
How can a loving God give and take? If you have ever had that question, this post may be of encouragement to you.
Read MoreThese unprecedented times overwhelmingly remind us that no matter where you live or what your background, you will feel sacrifice and suffering in some way. Suffering is a universal state that is common to humanity and was, no doubt, before any Coronavirus entered the scene.
Here I share three specific and reassuring comforts that come from finding shelter in the person of Jesus. I pray these encourage your heart and strengthen your trust in the refuge that is always available to you.
Read MoreThis one truth informs the way I view both celebration and grief, success and failure, acts of love and acts of hatred. The tension that hangs in between each one of those delicate emotions is real and tangible. Even still, what anchors each one of us at our core will determine the way we each respond when they come.
And we know they will come.
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