I have written out more sympathy cards in 2021 than in my whole life combined, I think.
Tag: loss
“Contend with those who contend with me, fight against those who fight a against me. Take up shield and armor; and come to my aid. (Psalm 35:1-2 NIV) Sometimes we forget that the Lord is fighting our battles. Amidst the revolutionary war for our soul;…
In our flesh, in the dirt of day-to-day living, it may feel like God has failed. Our story might be deeply marked by loss. We may be tempted to believe the lie of divine abandonment. But we must recall: God isn’t through just yet.
There is no neutral territory: no Switzerland for the soul. The soil of our heart will be won over.
The weeping and rejoicing rose as an orchestra before God – highs and lows, resolution and dissonance – all bringing Him glory.
In this season, we aren’t collective troops in the trenches as much as individuals in hand-to-hand combat for the territory that matters the most: our souls.
They had traded faith in a living God for faith in a created thing.
Sometimes God lets us lose a skirmish today so we can repossess the resolve to win at what’s most crucial.
Laying down oars might be one of the hardest things we ever do.