The holidays snuck up on me again. And with it, so did my grief. It’s funny how life gets busy, and I can forget the same dates and holidays that come around each year. It’s easier to dive into trips, serving, the ins and outs of working with clients, spending time with friends…everything else–anything else…
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To say suffering is difficult and painful is an understatement; when you’re experiencing loneliness, too, it can feel unbearable. Both being alone and feeling alone can be two different things but can both lead to loneliness. The events of the past couple of years have shown us that being physically isolated from others isn’t good…
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I sat with my pen in hand, staring at my journal. The more I wrote, the more the tears started flowing. The weariness had taken over. I don’t mean the cute dainty tears when one or two tears well up in your eyes and eventually slide gracefully down your face. These tears were the puffy-eyed,…
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In the last post, we reviewed 10 potential reasons why we don’t talk about suffering. Conversations can be downright hard, and our human instinct guides us to avoid what’s difficult. But difficulty doesn’t mean we should shy away from it. Without God’s truths, we are prone to view suffering from a worldly lens. If we…
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Why talk about suffering? Kind of gloomy, I know. Who’d want to spend the time writing on a topic, let alone commit an entire blog to the subject? I hope the mere existence of this blog will provide reasons to many fellow sojourners, that it is worth some needed exploration and reflection. A place to begin…
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For many years, I thought about sharing the story God has written for me. I wasn’t sure how until a couple of weeks after my mom’s death. After seriously considering blogging for a few days, I approached the Lord in prayer about the idea. If I was going to write, it would be for His…
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