Is it all really worth it…everything you are doing for Christ? This is a concept I’m pondering after overhearing a conversation by a veteran this week.
Tag: suffering
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Finding God’s Blessings in Brokenness: How Pain Reveals His Deepest Love
I’m a long-time fan of Dr. Charles Stanley, whose teaching has had a very important impact on my spiritual growth. This book did not disappoint my expectations of solid biblical teaching, deep insights into God’s truth, and uplifting encouragement.
One afternoon several years ago, I cried out to God from my prayer closet: “Why do you allow me to feel so much pain?”
I was standing in the intersection of old grief and new grief. That summer I wrote many memories in the form of poems, an excruciating process of reliving past hurts. I brought old hurts out in the open on paper, examined the pain, grieved the loss of what they revealed, and worked to put them to rest.
Laying in the ashes, Job had every reason to give up.