Cheap Hope

I marvel at people who don’t have any religious beliefs.  Depending on the website, between 2% and 11% of the world’s population are atheists, agnostics, or have no religious beliefs.  Assuming a world population of 7 billion, that translates to between...

Discipline is a Blessing?

I don’t often have never thought to myself, “I’m so thankful the Lord is using this event in my life to correct foolishness in my heart.  What a blessing!” I’m just not a take-discipline-with-a-smile kinda girl.  I prefer to whine and...

An Unlikely Response to Tragedy

I just read Job 1. You know, that uplifting account of this righteous guy that Satan attacks because God is confident that Job will still praise Him. And verses 20 and 21 stopped me in my tracks. Job has just learned that he has lost all of his children in a...