God can be the source of pain (there’s something else I didn’t learn in Sunday School), but He is also the source of blessings. Those who trust in God should never fear His ultimate plans for us.
Ending a relationship.
In the abstract, ending a relationship isn’t something I want to do, even when it’s best for everyone involved. It’s a matter of “We done. I don’t love you any less, but we done.”
Social media, specifically Facebook, gives you an easy out in ending a relationship. Unfriend them. Boom. Done. But what if you want to salvage things? Perhaps you’re thinking after this troubling season is over, which is rife with toxic politics and COVID issues, we can go back to normal with the people we care about.
When our hearts are hungry.
There is hope for both you and me. Our hope is built on truth, and to the extent that we reject truth, we are just that much closer to being hopeless.
I’ve been struck on social media what is coming from believers. They are talking like lost pagan sinners, and God seems to have no place in their thinking. I’m not so high and mighty as to say I’ve never been there, but I am striving to be honest with all, beginning with myself.
Strength to persevere.
To persevere simply means to “hang in there.” It doesn’t mean you have to be a hero. It doesn’t call for some superhuman effort. It just means that you’re not going to let “it” – whatever “it” is – in your life overwhelm you.
The vaccine won’t work. This will.
Stick a fork in me. I’m done with this COVID junk. I have to do something for me and for y’all, even if it’s an unlikely remedy. I don’t think it is.
How to live in fear.
Some people live in fear. That fear is dependent on the circumstances they perceive themselves to be in, and the worst fear for many is the fear of dying. It doesn’t have to be that way.
Messed up in the head.
You ever have those days when you feel messed up in the head? It can happen, even to saints of God.
My “why.”
I am so, so over the pandemic. Problem is, the world isn’t over it. And it’s wearing on all of us. Here’s what we can do.
Do the next right thing.
Anna understood that to simply do the next right thing was what she needed to do to move out of the mental and emotional state she was in. It’s good counsel.
Two suicides – a reflection.
In these days of COVID-19, it’s hard to remember we’ve been in dark places before. Here’s some thoughts on two very dark days, both of them dealing with suicide. Be encouraged nonetheless. There is always hope.
You’ll never walk alone.
You’ll never walk alone. There may be times when you feel isolated and useless. You feel like no one “gets you.” That’s okay to feel that way, but it’s not a feeling based in truth.
It’s complicated.
Yep, your life is complicated these days. But there’s better days coming. Promise. Just persevere.