Since about 2 years ago when crisis first hit our family and decided to set up camp, I have struggled in vain to overcome something. It’s as if something within my spirit died. Living in a long and sustained season of exhaustion and survival, I’ve grown numb in many ways with too many stressful tasks on my plate. Most profoundly, I’ve grieved the loss of spiritual vibrancy and the deep sense of connectedness I once had with Jesus. While He has remained faithful to me, I so long for that sense of being alive in Him again. Read more...
written on Jan 18, 2015
Since about 2 years ago when crisis first hit our family and decided to set up camp, I have struggled in vain to overcome something. It’s as if something within my spirit died. Living in a long and sustained season of exhaustion and survival, I’ve grown numb in many ways with too many stressful tasks on my plate. Most profoundly, I’ve grieved the loss of spiritual vibrancy and the deep sense of connectedness I once had with Jesus. While He has remained faithful to me, I so long for that sense of being alive in Him again. Read more...
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written on January 25, 2015
Back in the thick of our trials many months ago, I walked around a nearby lake, crying out in anguish to the Lord. He gave me this verse. Psalm 27:13-14 (ESV)... I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living! Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD! Hope against hope, He told me that I can ask for blessing in this life, not accepting our little one’s struggling health problems until we get to heaven where he will one day be healed. We had heard of others experiencing healing and I so longed for this for our sweet baby. I wrestled with this theologically, not knowing if this was what He meant. I wasn’t sure if what I understood was what He meant for me. Over the next many months, we prayed and prayed and prayed, while asking God’s people also to pray and lay hands on him. We did all that we needed to do medically/surgically. Months and months passed and I forgot about the passage. Then the day came. Read more... |
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