Posts tagged “Despair”
God isn’t scared—even when we are
A few years ago, I had a hard conversation that upended my world. The grief I felt was immense. There was a real fear…
I’ll be happy when . . .
I’ll be happy when I’m done with school. I’ll be happy when I’m married. I’ll be happy when I have kids. I’ll be happy…
The beauty on the other side of pain
One of my dearest friends is a potter. She wasn’t always. In truth, it’s what she turned to after a grueling season of chemo…
Ask questions; state God’s truth
Sad things have been on my mind. A high school friend said goodbye to his wife after her long battle with cancer, and someone…
Humanity + Divinity x Eternity
Whenever the headlines of racism and injustice get me down, I turn to one of the Bible’s most inspiring parts, Revelation chapter 7: “Therefore,…
Why the Father lets you suffer
Have you ever wondered why our loving Father lets his children suffer? At any time, God could push the big red button in his…
Healed
Dumb mosquito. It bit me, and a week later I was flat on my back. My temperature shot up to 104 degrees. An ice…
In a world of conspiracies, how do you find the truth?
The Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma was prophetic. Granted it is ironic that Netflix produced a movie that bashed addictive media that removes people…
Man, that’s deep!
The Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench is the deepest known point in the earth’s oceans. In 2010 the United States Center for Coastal…
Hold on to the reality of hope
The war in Ukraine adds one more item on our two-year list of collective crises. There is no need for me to rehash all…
The Lord will be your confidence
The Israelite army was afraid. In fact, King “Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and terrified” (1 Samuel 17:11) because of the giant…
Feeling overwhelmed
Life can be overwhelming sometimes. Several years ago, one of my lovely kids accidentally spilled a stinky, dead snail down the back seat of…