believe, Bible, faith, God, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Psalms, waiting
I’m doing a whole lot of waiting these days. Deadlines are getting pushed back, people are taking their sweet time following up with me, answers are taking longer to come than I appreciate. In at least four major areas of my life, it seems “wait and...
1 John, 2 Kings, believe, Bible, faith, God, Isaiah, Jesus, John, pain, Psalms, spiritual growth
When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?” – John 5:6 Jesus had said this to a man 2000 years ago, but He may as well have said it to me. To you. The man in the verse...
1 John, 2 Timothy, Bible, Colossians, Exodus, faith, Galatians, God, Gospel, Isaiah, Jesus, John, Leviticus, Romans
Isaiah 43:11-13. I read it and smile. Because the Old Testament always points to the New. The Bible isn’t 66 books – it’s one book pointing us to our need for the one God. “I, even I, am the Lord, and apart from me there is no savior.”...
1 John, anxiety, believe, Bible, evangelism, faith, fear, God, Gospel, Heaven, Jesus, obedience, pain, salvation, spiritual growth, suffering, trust
There’s something they don’t tell you about this Christianity thing when you sign up. I’m not saying it would be a deal-breaker if you knew about it on the front end, but I am saying we’d think longer and harder about declaring Christ to be not...
believe, Bible, faith, fear, friendship, God, grief, Jesus, love, Matthew, obedience, pain, sacrifice, spiritual growth, trials, trust, Uncategorized
The Lord has been trying to get me to agree with Him on something for months… or has it been years? I can’t remember. Anyway, He finally found a way that even I – the woman who could have been a lawyer – can’t argue with. If you like your...
Ann Voskamp, Bible, faith, God, grief, growing, Jesus, joy, love, Mark, pain, prayer, sacrifice
I wrestled long through the night, trying to convince God my situation is the exception to His rule…to His Word. He listened while I presented my argument 1,000 different ways, but my logic couldn’t change His mind. God is God so He is always right. When I...
