1 Peter, Bible, faith, grief, Jesus, pain, Peter, suffering, trials
Hi. My name is Kelly. I used to write here. Often. And I used to love it. And some of you enjoyed it, too. But in January, 2015, I started working on my master’s and all but totally stopped writing here. And I missed it. A lot. And some of you missed it,...
Bible, God, grief, Jesus, John, pain, Psalms, sin, suffering
At our Easter service the pastor said something to the effect of, “Darkness cannot eliminate darkness; only light can eliminate darkness.” Of course, the darkness is our sinfulness and/or pain we experience because we are fallen people in a fallen world, and the light...
abortion, depression, evil, God, grief, pain, spiritual growth
It’s hard, this life. This summer, in particular, has felt like one gasp after another – personally, globally. Murder is everywhere, in every form. The pre-born, the just born, the born not-long-ago, the bearing, the bearing arms, the unarmed, the armed...
abortion, Bible, Colossians, depression, evil, faith, God, grief, obedience, pain, prayer, thankfulness
I’ve had a heavy heart the past week or so. I’ve been blaming gray winter clouds hiding the sun that I need to light me up and the beige walls of my home closing in as winter weather held our family hostage all last week. And maybe they have something to...
God, grief, James, pain, Psalms, Satan
I’ve probably read about 30 articles on depression and suicide since Monday night. From the well-known writers and publications to the amateur bloggers, it seems every writer has an opinion on the subject, and most are saying the same thing: depression and...
God, grief, pain, Psalms, truth
There are days (and weeks and months and years…) that life is one heartache after another. That just kind of comes with the territory living on a broken planet among broken people being broken ourselves. Things don’t go right very often. And it hurts. It...
