Posts tagged “Patience”
Don’t give up on Jesus
We are three weeks into the new year, so maybe you, like me, have already started writing the correct year on important documents. How’s…
Goodbye regret, hello change
Mid-December regret hits hard. January brims with enthusiasm and renewed determination to change. But all too often, December is the reminder that the year…
Things will be better
“The angel said to the women, ‘Do not be afraid. . . . He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of…
Preparing for the storm
My Florida friends spent last week preparing for Hurricane Ian. Some reinforced windows in their homes. Another packed up a bunch of her possessions…
The beauty on the other side of pain
One of my dearest friends is a potter. She wasn’t always. In truth, it’s what she turned to after a grueling season of chemo…
Delayed wrath
Why doesn’t God stop bad people from doing bad things? There you are, trying to do the godly thing, towing the biblical line, and…
Why the Father lets you suffer
Have you ever wondered why our loving Father lets his children suffer? At any time, God could push the big red button in his…
Sin is short-term pleasure
Back in 2011, Miami rapper Pitbull released a song that would flood the airwaves and dominate the charts. In its chorus, he sang about…
Where’s your focus?
I’m not sure what you got for Christmas. I got COVID. Thankfully, my physical symptoms were mild. Unfortunately, my emotional and spiritual reactions were…
Lies: I have to be perfect or I’m a failure
All our lives we need to seek balance—balance between work and play and family, our needs and the needs of others, wealth accumulation and…
Standing for the truth
My family recently watched the movie The Courier. It’s based on the true story of a British businessman who carried secrets from a spy…
Why science might not be the best way to prove the Christian faith
I know quite a few parents whose adult children have renounced their faith recently. Their kids grew up in a Christian home, went to…