suffering

Pain.  Afflictions.  Betrayal.  Disease.  Disaster.  The wringing of our hands.  Our anxious thoughts.  A lost way. Can you relate to any of this?  I know I can.  In fact, I feel like I’m constantly wearing these heartaches.  And this got me to thinking about them and all of the pain and suffering that we endure.…

Tough question, isn’t it? No one likes trials.  It’s not something we willingly sign up for.  We don’t stand out in the crowd waving our hands while yelling, ‘pick me, pick me.” Just the other day I wrote in my prayer journal crying out to my God about how tired I am because of my…

We are in the midst of Passion Week and I just can’t tell you what a time of reflection this is for me. A time to consider all that Jesus endured. The wrongful accusations. The beatings. The mockery. The abandonment.  Left standing alone, despised, and rejected……. All for our sake.  For our souls to be…

Has your character ever been attacked? Mine has.  And let’s just say when that happens, I’m not too fond of it, either!  It bends me out of shape in a BIG way. But then I look at Jesus…. Not only was He falsely accused but He was put to death as well! He didn’t defend…