Have you been praying for something or someone? Kind of a rhetorical question I guess, because I know we all do. Okay then … let me ask you this … for how long have you been praying for that person or situation? A week? A month? A year? Ten years? How ’bout 35 years? I’ve mentioned before that I’ve been praying for my husband’s salvation…
why bad things happen :: take 2
I received the following comment from this post: “This is a big question a lot of people must struggle with. Mostly I get that God is not responsible for a lot of the bad and there is free choice, etc. I know I don’t understand it all. But it really is hard to wrap my head around when a child gets really ill, or someone…
strength in weakness
“{Faith} is giving credit not to how strong we are (which we aren’t), but rather how strong God is through us when we are weak.” ~ comment left on yesterday’s post I loved this comment! How much truth is in this one statement? There is a Scripture that reads “Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” For some reason, it…
why does god allow bad?
Have you ever wondered why God allows bad things to happen? I have. But that question hasn’t kept me from believing. Believing there’s more to this life. And even better … there’s more after this life. Trust me when I say that I’ve got a mile-long list of “really God? this had to happen? And, why that one? And, that just didn’t seem fair.” But…
character of god
Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time. :: Oswald Chambers :: {read 31 days of faith from the beginning}