The topic of God’s sovereignty can stir many emotions. It comforts me to know God has supreme power over my enemies. It confuses me why He lets bad things happen to good people. If God has the power to stop wrong, why doesn’t He? Why did He let your child get cancer or your spouse be unfaithful? Why does He let you waste time and money on a mystery illness when He can heal you? A Giant Mystery The Bible reveals divine sovereignty, human responsibility, and an earth under the curse of sin Continue Reading
God’s Boundaries for Our Trials {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
I aimed my phone camera at my feet, and snapped the picture at the moment the first wave touched my toes. I stood there for a moment, shivering as another wave brought the icy waters all the way to my heels. I moved the camera and took another picture, this time, showing the perfect border that the foam of a new wave created on the wet sand. The boundaries of the ocean. I closed my eyes, saying a prayer of thanksgiving, as I remembered a verse that talks about the relation between God’s Continue Reading
Blind Obedience: The Ultimate Faith Test {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
Friends, We will not have a Link up party next Wednesday, July 25th. We will resume our linkup with Bethany on the first Wednesday in August (08/01). Please linkup with us below! Patricia When my youngest daughter was little, she would get very upset when I called her out for disobeying. I remember my then 4-year old toddler's big hazel eyes would fill with the biggest tears, as she sincerely and somberly promised: "I am sawee, mommy. I won't do it again!" I knew she meant it. But if you Continue Reading
Lysa Terkeurst Teaches Us Again {Atlanta Journal Constitution Column}
“I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.” It was by quoting this verse from Psalm 27 that New York Times bestselling author and president of Proverbs 31 Ministries Lysa Terkeurst ended her heart-wrenching blog post on June 13. The article came as a surprise to many who follow Terkeurst’s popular ministry. In the same transparent voice that has conquered many followers through her career as a writer and speaker, Continue Reading
The Big C – In God’s Waiting Room
I looked at the clock and grew increasingly impatient. I had been sitting at the doctor's waiting room for almost an hour. I knew horrible Atlanta traffic would follow me all the way home. If I lingered a little longer, I would certainly be late for carline. After what seemed to be another hour, the door finally opened and I heard my name. After checking in with the nurse, I was escorted to the room where the doctor would see me. Waiting again. One year. It had been one year since my last Continue Reading
