We are invited to be lifelong learners in our relationship with the living God.
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Marriage might get difficult in seasons, but a spouse is a blessing.
God sees our longing. Our effort. Our contemplation. Our desire to see Him move in our situation. He is “moved with compassion” (Matthew 9:36) and tends to our need.
It is in the unbroken womb of suffering that we learn the enoughness of God’s presence.
Consider for a moment, how vastly different the God of Israel was from the false gods of the ancient world.
“I loathe my very life, therefore I will give free rein to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.” (Job 10:1 NIV) Job was hurting. More than just sad, by today’s terms, he was near-suicidal. He had already stated: it would…
There is no neutral territory: no Switzerland for the soul. The soil of our heart will be won over.
“But if I were you, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before Him.” (Job 5:8 NIV) Now we have to take the words of Job’s friends with a grain of salt. These well-meaning cohorts suffered from slightly-flawed theology. That being said,…