Learning to live after loss blog
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Have Mercy, O God
I am a thief. I shoplifted multiple times from a department store when I was in Jr High. And I never got caught. Even though, I didn’t feel good about it, I wasn’t ready to plead for God’s mercy.
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Holy Hatred
Are there people so evil I do not even want God to save them? Is it okay if I hate them? After all the wickedness they have done, they do not deserve God’s grace.
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An Open Book
Am I an open book before God? I like to think that I welcome Him to search me completely and know me fully. But if I am being honest, there are some things I am tempted to hide.
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Waiting, I Waited
I fear God is not going to come through for me. Or if He does, how long am I going to have to wait? God is not working fast enough and the struggle feels larger in the waiting.
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Seeing God Bigger
I am becoming convinced my view of God is the key to living with the blessings of life He promised. What I am learning is to see God bigger!
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Should I be Deconstructing my Faith?
Have we come to a time when people have stopped listening to good Bible teaching and have replaced it with modern thought according to what culture says is right and true? Is this considered deconstructing? And is all deconstructing bad?
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But I Don’t Understand
As Bible-believing Christians, are we allowed to admit that sometimes the Bible is confusing? When I started to really want to read my Bible, I discovered it wasn’t that easy to understand. Only I felt like I couldn’t tell anyone. Maybe they would think I wasn’t really saved.
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Am I Allowed to Be Happy
If grief was the price of love, how could I even contemplate being happy? I had resolved that I would never truly be happy again. Strangely, I was okay with living that way for the rest of my life. After all, I had joy. But God had a different plan.
