Suffering Is . . . a Gift?
It isn’t in the joyful times that we most pour out our hearts to God; it’s when we’re anxious, lonely, betrayed, and overwhelmed.
It isn’t in the joyful times that we most pour out our hearts to God; it’s when we’re anxious, lonely, betrayed, and overwhelmed.
Sometimes it’s the loss after happiness that hurts the most. Remembered joy intensifies present sadness.
How can we sing Zion’s songs by Babylon’s rivers? Because we can’t be so far from home as to be far from God.
Truths about God’s sovereignty, when prematurely applied, can bypass the grieving process that must happen to reckon with and heal from loss.
You can tell a child that God doesn’t get sad like we do. At the same time, you can assure her that God loves us and he isn’t far away from us in our sadness.