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One Benefit of Being a Sinner
Over the weekend, a teacher at my church blew my mind. Allow me to plagiarize him so your mind can be blown too. (It’s okay, he probably read this idea in a book he didn’t write.) He said when Christ...
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Reflections on Psalm 102
Psalm 102 begins with this caveat: “A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the LORD.” Intriguing. I read on. “Hear my prayer, LORD; let my cry for help come...
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Can Separation Ever Be Good?
The Lord has been trying to get me to agree with Him on something for months… or has it been years? I can’t remember. Anyway, He finally found a way that even I – the woman who could have been a lawyer...
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How Far Will God Go to Get Our Attention?
“Sometimes it feels like I am being swallowed whole. Like this life is too much. Like I am too much.” I said that to God. And a truth popped into my head almost instantly: there is someone who knows...
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When Life is Hard
There are days (and weeks and months and years…) that life is one heartache after another. That just kind of comes with the territory living on a broken planet among broken people being broken...
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When We Suffer
Paul. I can’t begin to understand the fervency of this dude’s faith. I think part of it is just his personality. He was a zealous Jew before he became a zealous Christ-follower. He seems to just be one...
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How to Survive Depression as a Christian
I’ve probably read about 30 articles on depression and suicide since Monday night. From the well-known writers and publications to the amateur bloggers, it seems every writer has an opinion on the...
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Who’s Laughing Now?
It’s almost laughable…how life is just one sucker punch after another. Just when you think you’ve recovered from one crushing situation, just when you’ve gotten back up on your feet and are in a...
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Grief and Joy
I’ve been mulling over an oxymoron the last 24 hours or so. At church yesterday, somebody (Keith Thomas – give props where props are due) brought up the idea that, as Christians, we can have hope and...
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What to Do When Pain Overwhelms You
I’ve had a heavy heart the past week or so. I’ve been blaming gray winter clouds hiding the sun that I need to light me up and the beige walls of my home closing in as winter weather held our family...
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