Posts tagged “Love”
This is not normal
A pastor friend of mine often says about our ministry: “This is not normal.” Recently, we have been blessed with some noticeable (and abnormal)…
God said no
I begged God to take my friend’s cancer away. She was a force of nature with a larger-than-life personality. If anyone could beat cancer,…
Who stole your smile?
Sometimes I feed a resident in the nursing home where I work. With regret, I admit it isn’t a job I look forward to….
God gets your abuse
Have you ever been going through something in life and had a conversation with someone who truly understood what you were going through? Maybe…
God loves the abused
A few years back, a pastor told me about the funny way our minds do math. He had just read a study that said…
God hates abuse
A man came to my office and confessed to me that he had been abusive with his girlfriend. After expressing my grave concern for…
God is close to the abused
While abuse is not a comfortable topic to talk about, we need to. If the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s statistics are correct,…
Look for fullness
I’d like you to think about something I’m wrestling with. How do you see the Bible? Is it half empty, or is it full?…
God guides our healing
Look at this beautiful request embedded in one little sentence of Psalm 41: “I said, ‘Lord, be merciful to me; Heal my soul, for…
Who touched me?
One day Jesus was walking through a crowd so big that it had the potential to crush him. While plenty of people were bumping…
Surrounded by his love
“Show me, Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is. But now, Lord, what…
A meaningful beginning
“Send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling!” (Psalm…