Category: Suffering and Affliction
Anxiety, Dread and Worry Before the Face of God?
I did not quite understand the true weight the article below held the first time I read it at the beginning of the year. Yes, I know full well what it is to suffer, how it is to endure suffering, how it is to go through severe acute, heart-wrenching trials—and to go through all that with the enduring faith that the knowledge of His sovereignty and grace provides. But then, the fact of the matter ...
Anxiety, Dread and Worry Before the Face of God?
I did not quite understand the true weight the article below held the first time I read it at the beginning of the year. Yes, I know full well what it is to suffer, how it is to endure suffering, how it is to go through severe acute, heart-wrenching trials—and to go through all that with the enduring faith that the knowledge of His sovereignty and grace provides. But then, the fact of the matter ...
The Glory of Our Brightest Days; The Comfort of Our Nights
Dear Christian, are you in the midst of affliction and severe trial this day? Frightened and dejected in fear? Look up, God is with you still! You are tightly grasped in the hands of Omnipotence! “Our heart shall rejoice in Him.”—Psalm 33:21 Blessed is the fact that Christians can rejoice even in the deepest distress; although trouble may surround them, they still sing; and, like many birds, they sing best in their cages. The waves may roll ...
The Glory of Our Brightest Days; The Comfort of Our Nights
Dear Christian, are you in the midst of affliction and severe trial this day? Frightened and dejected in fear? Look up, God is with you still! You are tightly grasped in the hands of Omnipotence! “Our heart shall rejoice in Him.”—Psalm 33:21 Blessed is the fact that Christians can rejoice even in the deepest distress; although trouble may surround them, they still sing; and, like many birds, they sing best in their cages. The waves may roll ...
Surprised by Suffering
My eyes were riveted to the clock on the waiting room wall. It was a sterile timepiece, one designed for pure utility. It had no ornamentation; it added nothing to the warmth of the room. Its sole purpose was to display the current moment in world history. Behind closed doors people were suspended in time. For some, the minutes that were passing were the final minutes of life. I was among those waiting. Families were gathered in ...
Surprised by Suffering
My eyes were riveted to the clock on the waiting room wall. It was a sterile timepiece, one designed for pure utility. It had no ornamentation; it added nothing to the warmth of the room. Its sole purpose was to display the current moment in world history. Behind closed doors people were suspended in time. For some, the minutes that were passing were the final minutes of life. I was among those waiting. Families were gathered in ...
To Have No Delight But the Lord!
I count it no less than Christian perfection to have God be the source and target of all our affections; in that we draw our joy, our satisfaction, our peace, our delight from Him alone, and the only reason why these affections have even the slightest weight of glory in them is because it is directed to Him who is infinitely valuable! Him, the God of the ages, ever sufficient in times of peace and ever ...
To Have No Delight But the Lord!
I count it no less than Christian perfection to have God be the source and target of all our affections; in that we draw our joy, our satisfaction, our peace, our delight from Him alone, and the only reason why these affections have even the slightest weight of glory in them is because it is directed to Him who is infinitely valuable! Him, the God of the ages, ever sufficient in times of peace and ever ...