Tag: suffering

27
Sep

The Unveiling is Not Cruel

Did you think To put you in a furnace Would not scorch your skin? To come…

04
Sep

A Thorn To Bless

What will I do with satan’s thorn Lodged deep in weakest access point? No pill to…

13
Jul

Revisiting “Name it and Claim it”- For an Evening.

A year into my salvation I started to recognize the falsehood of the prosperity gospel, or…

22
Apr

Nevertheless: Your Failure and God’s Faithfulness

Psalm 73:21-16 “When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart, I was brutish…

18
Mar

Weak: Why I wrote a poem about Job

The book of Job shocks its reader at almost every point. We avoid it, we are…

11
Mar

Job: A Champion of Faith by Grace

“Skin for skin,” said that heartless snake “Though land and kin his God may take, But…

02
Sep

Prayer Answered by Crosses

I read this poem probably five years ago and have come back to it many times. …

13
Jun

"Through Many A Sleepless Night"

I have never slept well.  Even as a kid I don’t think I can remember having…

09
Apr

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…

09
Mar

A Purpose For Suffering

When I was off work this summer, experiencing a lot of pain with my fibromyalgia, I…