Tag: trials

05
Apr

Suffering is Not Magic and Mountaintops

 Scripture is clear, that God uses times of trouble and pain in our lives to sanctify…

12
Mar

Being Conquered, We Conquer

I was reading Psalm 44 this week, and at verse 22 I noticed the familiar words…

09
Feb

God Moves In a Mysterious Way: A Hymn for the Depressed and Confused

I have probably never referenced a hymn more often on this blog, than this one. It…

24
Jan

Still Learning Through Suffering (A Life & Health Update)

God has moved in my life in mysterious ways, to teach me lessons I would not…

05
Aug

We Rejoice In Our Sufferings

Romans 5:3-5 “More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces…

21
Mar

The Desolation of Smug

Trials have a way of killing smugness. I suppose some little wave crashes upon a boulder…

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…

16
Jun

“A Meaningful Life”

There is an innate desire in human beings for our lives to be meaningful, a God…

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…