Understanding Suffering
Father, This is All I Have
Heavenly Father, this is all I have. It is not much. To me, it feels like less than not much, it feels like nothing at all. I see around me sacrifices others give in Your name. I see they have...
Something Must Be Wrong with Me Spiritually
Depression often carries a quiet but crushing accusation: something must be wrong with me spiritually. For many, especially those grounded in a relationship with Jesus, the weight of emotional darkness can feel indistinguishable from condemnation. But that conclusion does not...
Was it Me or My Parents?
In John chapter 9, there is an account of Jesus and his disciples amidst a crowd of people. The disciples saw a blind man, and asked who was responsible for the man's affliction; him or his parents. The religious and...
Jacob’s Desperation Led to Dependency on God
Fighting with God is Exhausting There is a version of faith that desperately tries to control outcomes. It looks spiritual on the surface, but underneath, it is driven by the same instinct Jacob had from the moment of his birth—the...
Sharing in Christ’s Sufferings Enables Us to Honor and Serve Him
The Apostle Paul presents a profound idea in passages like Epistle to the Philippians 3:10—that believers are called not only to know Christ in His resurrection, but to share in His sufferings. This concept is often misunderstood. It is not...