trials

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…

Has the Lord put a cup in front of you that you would like to remove? A trial that is too difficult to handle? One that brings you to your knees and leaves you covered in tears? Has He brought you to the Garden; that place where He has asked you to surrender your will…

When I was newly saved back in 1996, I saw God do one miracle in my life after another and my faith in Him increased mightily!  But as I saw God’s hand in my life, I also saw the Enemy hard at work looking to come to steal, kill, and destroy. But then the miracles…