Bible, God, Isaiah, Jesus, redemption, trials, trust
So, to understate things, Israel had some trust issues with the Lord. (I’m glad to know I’m not the only one.) The Old Testament spends a lot of time chronicling the ways in which Israel failed to believe God would/could take care of them, despite His...
believe, Bible, God, hope, Isaiah, pain, trust
Sometimes I feel disappointed. You too? It really doesn’t take much to cause us to feel disappointed. That’s kind of just life’s default setting. Even for you optimists it takes effort and intentionality to overcome our hard-wired inclination to feel...
fear, God, Isaiah, pain, peace, spiritual growth, trust
If I had to guess, I’ve flown about 100 times in my life. As a military kid, flying was a way of life. Whether we were moving halfway around the world or traveling to visit extended family members we weren’t privileged to live near, I spent more time at...
believe, Bible, Father, fear, God, hope, Jesus, pain, significance, spiritual growth, trust
When the world starts to turn upside down and my stomach turns with it, it can feel like the whole globe has run clean off its orbital path, veering into the vastness of dark space waiting to swallow it whole. When order and routine and the expected and all that is...
God, provision, Spiritual legacy, trials, trust
About a month ago I started having a symptom that commonsense told me I should have checked by a doctor. It wasn’t bothersome, but knowing it might be a bad sign, I called the doctor. And she told me to come in. Of course, she was pretty nonchalant. She gave me...
Bible, God, Jeremiah, plans, Proverbs, Psalms, trust
I know, it seems pretty self-explanatory. And yet, it’s so difficult to literally take things one day at a time. Our minds whir past today and worry about the next day, week, month, year. I don’t think we spend too much time thinking about the future...
