Posts with the tag “suffering”

"Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word." – Psalm 119:67Nobody asks for the struggle, but sometimes it is the very thing that drives your roots deep. Struggle has a way of stripping away the surface level and pulling you into places of reflection, dependence, and connection with God that you never would have reached otherwise. It teaches you how to go beneath the noise and ...  Read More

"Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness." - James 1:2-3Nobody enjoys “the struggle” while they're in it. Pain feels pointless when you are right in the thick of it. But God never wastes suffering. He uses it to shape you, to refine you, and to grow something in you that ease and comfort never could.Th...  Read More

"But we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope." - Romans 5:3-4Nobody signs up for suffering. If you could skip the pain, you probably would. But suffering has a way of shaping us, deepening us, and bringing a kind of growth that comfort never could. And even more than that, suffering can be a stage where ...  Read More

“Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.” – Psalm 30:5God has a heart full of joy, but that doesn’t mean your life will be full of ease. Sometimes people think that if they’re walking with God, everything should feel light, happy, and pain-free. But that’s not the reality of this world, and it’s not what God ever promised.The truth is, joy and sorrow are not enemies. You c...  Read More

“Then He took the child by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum!” (which is translated, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”). Immediately the girl got up and began to walk. (She was 12 years old.) At this they were utterly astonished (Mark 5:41-42).This passage in Mark chapter 5 is one of the most detailed accounts of Jesus healing someone. It plays with the idea of time, but not only in the r...  Read More

“Indeed, all who desire to live a goldy life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted” (2 Timothy 3:12).   We’ve all asked the question, “Why do bad things happen?” We especially wonder about this when terrible things happen to good people. When persecution comes, it seems like a horrible punishment because it hurts so bad. Perhaps you’ve been persecuted for the sake of Jesus, or perhaps you wonder why ...  Read More