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"Through Many A Sleepless Night"
I have never slept well. Even as a kid I don’t think I can remember having an easy time getting to sleep or staying asleep. Sometimes this can be a very discouraging problem. There are so many things a person wants to accomplish, and it can be very difficult to do with little (or sometimes ...
What I’ve Learned Lately Through Suffering: Speaking Openly and Honestly From The Heart
My greatest, and most overriding desire in all forms of trials I face, is no longer that they would be removed but rather that they would not be wasted. If God would be pleased to use suffering to make me more like my Lord Jesus Christ, and if He would refine me in the fiery ...
A Purpose For Suffering
When I was off work this summer, experiencing a lot of pain with my fibromyalgia, I was working on an article entitled “Purposes In Suffering.” Purpose number seven was “that we may primarily seek Christ as our refuge above anything or anyone else.” That we may primarily seek Christ as our refuge above anything or ...
My World (But Not My Home)
This is my world, but it is not my home. As if constantly walking against the rushing tide, or a fearsome rage of wind, onward I press one step at a time. Dare I not look back at all the crowds of people, who bustle about laughing, easily carried by the wind as if it ...
Let us Be Honest and Compassionate
Something is bothering me tonight. I am wondering what other Christians out there think about it. What has been your experience when it comes to sharing burdens, griefs, troubles, doubts, or confessing sin to other Christians?
In The Midst Of Trials
I think I wrote this poem around the same time last year, when I was going through very difficult times. I thought I’d post it as I haven’t had time to work on anything new lately. I hope that it may encourage someone who is in the midst of trials to perservere in their ...