Firmly Planted

As unjust as Christ's particularly hideous death, that is the extent of our injustice against God.

What does it mean for us, and what does it say about God, when the rains don't come and the grass shrivels and dies? Is He enough, always?

I wonder how many answers we miss because they look like Relationship instead of taking the shape we expected: a husband or a child, a healing or a job, or deliverance from some temptation or relationship.

Are [our kids] an inconvenience? I know we would never say that, but if they knew the word and its meaning would they recognize it in our tone, schedule, and priorities?

Did you know you can drown in a sea of hope?

A challenge to pause in gratitude.

We are far too easily pleased.

I felt that one hard kernel of truth: God saves an entire nation from destruction, but He doesn't rescue Esther from her situation.

Why does it feel like God's not hearing us when our prayers aren't answered the way we'd like?

While it is a great mercy to experience the consequences of our sin, it is not enough to restore us. We must also confess. There is no grace or forgiveness in the shadows, in secrecy, in denial, or in private promises to do better.