Praying is the easy part…the waiting is not. I often find myself praying about something to release the worry, but then minutes later, am thinking about it again. Telling God all of my troubles is one thing, but it’s the waiting and wondering after, that is the hard part. I can trust God when I…
Did you ever consider that you were created to display God’s strength? That mountain you are climbing, that season of life you are in, did you ever wonder if God is using it to strengthen not only your own faith, but the faith of others? We have spent years praying that God would take away…
Do you believe in God’s promises? The Sunday school answer would be, “Of course, yes!” But do you really? Believing means you accept something as true, that you are SURE of it. I think there is a difference between knowing and actually believing the promises of God. This is something I have wrestled with in…
When I received the portal message last week that no trace of leukemia was found in my body, of course I cried, but I wasn’t quite sure what to do next? In a way, it was anticlimactic in the sense that I wasn’t in a doctor’s office, celebrating with my doctor. Dan wasn’t home, and…
John Piper once said after being diagnosed with prostate cancer, “Don’t waste your cancer.” I have been chewing on that idea for awhile now, especially after being told I’m in complete remission from my leukemia. I don’t want to waste my cancer either. This past summer, I remember at one point, my feet were swollen,…
Do you know someone who is going through a difficult time in life? I don’t know about you, but it seems like every which way I turn, someone is struggling. It just doesn’t seem fair. I thought about this idea and kind of a “why bad things happen to good people” thought and the more…
