God knows.
Actually, He knows everything about you. He knows your thoughts before you think them. He knows what will be going on in your life on November 5, 2022, 7:13 p.m.
That’s called omnipotence. God knows all.
I don’t even begin to comprehend that.
My understanding of that truth, though, is actually pretty comforting. Maybe you knowing God knows will comfort you, too.
I screwed up. You did too. Think about it. If you backtrack through your life, you can come up with a painfully long list of times you screwed up. Some of those incidents were no big deal, like not picking up something at Walmart that was on your shopping list. Other times you’ve screwed up […]
Love all, serve all, be mistreated. My goodness. There’s all sorts of irony in the title of this blog. When I cobble these posts together, I purposefully try to be as broad as I can for people all along the faith spectrum. Most of the time, I’m writing what I want to hear for myself. […]
At this writing, the funerals have begun. We are all impacted, and while we don’t grieve in the same way as those who lost loved ones, we still grieve. I don’t know how I should respond, but I will offer some thoughts. We certainly can all use some comfort right now.
Look. I don’t know of anyone who would willingly choose to experience a broken heart. The jaw-dropping reality, and what all my ponderings today hinge on, is that Jesus willingly suffered and died in our place so that He could reign as high priest in heaven.
He knows just exactly what it’s like to be brokenhearted. He’s been there. Isn’t that something?
When it comes to friends, even forever friends, my stomach for uncomfortable social situations is a lot worse than it used to be. Are friends friends forever? Do they even need to be? The pandemic has done a job on us, so it’s time for some dispassionate analysis.
It’s okay to not be okay. There’s more to us being here than just existing. Look what Oregon did: The state of Oregon will now allow students to take an excused day off of school for mental health reasons. The new law, signed last month by Gov. Kate Brown and expected to go into effect this fall, […]
“I don’t care” is an alien phrase for me. Lord knows that I tend to care too much, if that’s possible. Or, maybe, I don’t care in the way I should.
Are you a member of the Dead Parents Society?
What is odd was that I’ve found that leaning into grief is more helpful than ignoring it or tucking it away. It sounds morbid to talk about embracing pain, but that may be part of the healing process.
No condemnation. That’s sounds pretty wonderful, right? It’s the birthright of the Christian, and sometimes that’s easily forgotten. It’s human to try to better ourselves or want to clean ourselves up or to “do more.” We want to hit a “reset” button every day. It doesn’t work that way.
Maybe you aren’t suffering. Perhaps you have in the past. If not, you will in the future. Suffering is part of the human condition. There’s no escaping it. It won’t go away. And, believer, you aren’t exempt from it. If anything, suffering is more common to Christians than not. That is typically not a part […]
Love all? I suppose that, even when you have the best intentions, some folks will misunderstand you – maybe even slam you.
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