Some of you may see the title and decide not to read this post. I understand. None of us like suffering. When suffering comes into our lives — be it physical, spiritual, emotional, existential — we have several responses: flee, avoid, deny, evade, remedy. Generally speaking, we don’t embrace it.…
Read more“So God has given us both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can take new courage, for we can hold on to his promise with confidence. This confidence is…
Read moreIt’s amazing how we can have the same routine every day and suddenly an unexpected curve appears and everything changes. As a counselor, I’ve been doing a lot of grief counseling the past few years. Little did I realize God’s been preparing me for some unexpected changes in my life.…
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Life isn’t always sunshine and roses. There are also seasons of brokenness and trails that, in their wake, leave lives in a rubble. With every illness, death, tragedy, I hear people asking this question: “If God is good, why do people have to suffer? They don’t deserve this. Why…
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Sometimes it’s easy to sing praise to God. “Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! For who has known the mind of the LORD, or who became His counselor Or who has first…
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