We often view success and good fortune as milestones, markers that indicate we’re moving in the right direction. But let’s flip the script for a second. Pain and suffering can be just as transformative, if not more so.
Lament for Uvalde – 8 thoughts.
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.
Brokenhearted: A biblical meditation.
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?
4 reasons God allows you to suffer.
Why does God allow you (and me) to suffer? We are going to suffer in this world. Count on that. We don’t have to wish it on ourselves – that’s sort of weird – but we need to be ready for it.
3 reasons why you’re suffering and what to do about it.
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 […]
When God doesn’t fix things.
Does it seem that God doesn’t fix things the way you want Him to? He has His reasons.
Being a pawn in God’s chess game.
This blog gets at the guts of some awfully hard questions. As in … why is there evil in the world? Why is there so much pain and suffering? Why do righteous, godly people experience such heartache? The innocent suffer – how can it be?
Pain is a gift.
Pain is a gift. Isn’t that just about the most counterintuitive thing you’ve ever heard? I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, because there are lots of hurting folks out there. Maybe you’re one of them. Here’s what has me pondering this morning. It’s some ancient script from 1 Peter 4:12-13. It may be […]
The gift of pain and loss.
This is one you probably want to avoid, based on the title, right? But I think you’ll be encouraged.
If you’re suffering now, you don’t have to pretend it’s all good.
If you’re suffering now, you don’t have to pretend it’s all good.
I’m not sure what constitutes suffering. It’s an emotionally-charged word, but I think it can be too easily applied.
Your DVR not working is not suffering. Running out of mayonnaise and having to go to the store isn’t suffering.
Starving to death is suffering. Stage 4 cancer is suffering.
And a totally trashed relationship with no reconciliation on the horizon might be suffering.
The uneasy truth is that we all suffer. Every one of us. All of us. You aren’t exempt.