Does God Ever Give Us More Than We Can Handle?

Bible, Ephesians, Facebook, God, growing, James, Jesus, pain, Philippians, Psalms, spiritual growth, trials

I shared an article on my Facebook wall the other day in which a pastor makes the case that God does give us more than we can handle. I happened to agree with this suffering Christian. However, a friend of mine who loves Jesus and the Catholic Church and knows...

Orphaned Souls

Bible, God, Hosea, Jesus, John, Psalms

I heard a phrase on the radio the other day I can’t get out of my head – orphaned souls. K-Love was plugging an organization that gives shoes to orphans, and they call their benefactors orphan souls. But the DJ on the radio kept saying orphaned souls, and...

You’ll Make It

Bible, faith, God, hope, Jeremiah, Psalms, trials

Sometimes when we are in the middle of a storm, all we want is for someone to say, “You’ll make it.  I went through the exact same thing, and I made it.  You’ll make it, too.” No matter the crisis we are in, that’s what we want to hear....

All is Grace

Ann Voskamp, blessings, freedom, God, grace, growing, James, One Thousand Gifts, Psalms

Ann Voskamp has a favorite saying, “All is grace.”  There is something good about everything, namely that everything affords us the opportunity to grow closer to God. Even the bad things that happen have a good component.  Extreme tragedies, for example,...

Captured

God, Jeremiah, Psalms

My mind wandered as I drove back roads in ruralish Mississippi.  My body drove this well-worn path from our house to our church without any necessary guidance from my brain. So I began to reflect on the two little girls in the back seat.  As hard, as physically...

(Dis)Obedience

Acts, Bible, God, Isaiah, obedience, Psalms

Lately I’ve been challenged with the idea of “complete obedience”. The legalist in me wants to think that if I do what God tells me to do, that should “count” as obedience. The Lord should be happy with me, and He should bless me...