Facing trials with confidence. If you’re like me, you’ve probably wondered why we face so many troubles in this world. It’s easy to shy away from hard circumstances because we like to live comfortable lives, but we, as Christians, should face difficulty differently than the world does. The world doesn’t know true peace because they…
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A crisis we all share.
Could there be a blessing in this pandemic? For most people, the worldwide crisis is taking longer than anticipated. How are you coping? Though the restrictions vary from place to place, the hopelessness of the situation is common. The mask has become a symbol of fear and death and we can’t help but cry in…
A moment of stillness (29).
When this trial is over. I will see him myself; my eyes will look at him, and not as a stranger. My heart longs within me. Job 19:27 God was not a stranger to Job, though His ways seemed confusing to him. Job found no hope from anyone and he made a resolve- to hope…
A different kind of heart.
What made David pleasing to God? Lately, I’ve been experiencing many circumstances that seriously try my faith. During times like these I usually turn to the Psalms, but to my discouragement, this time around my heart felt so distant from the joyful cries of David as he acknowledges God as his strength or his deliverance….
Joyful surrender.
Choosing God’s will above your own. When I look back on my life, I can now see clearly that it was during the hardest times when God molded me the most. Those were the times when surrendering was the hardest thing to do. It’s not easy to accept loss, pain, and disappointment, but we encounter…
Never give up!
The blessedness of perseverance. Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth. -Hosea 6:3 (ESV) Most Christians live their lives in the aftermath of idolatry instead of dwelling upon the heights…
The Eyes of My Heart 