Tag: Loneliness
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You Are Right. You Are Different: An Open Letter to My Teen
I pray that your love will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding. May you always be filled with the fruit of your salvation-the righteous character produced in your life by Jesus Christ-for this will bring much glory and praise to God. Philippians 1:9,11 I know, I…
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The “Monster” in Our Home
“I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.” Hebrews 13:5 It’s a little after four in the afternoon. The bus has arrived. The routine questions have been asked, and the usual answers have been given. Then it begins. We have lasted a good few weeks without an afternoon meltdown. We have an…
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Filling the Empty Places with Hope
Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison. Hebrews 13:3 Lately, I have been feeling a bit of nostalgia. Sometimes I long for the days when life was a bit more simple. When perhaps hearts were not so heavy. When the Christmas season was a little less hustle…
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No One Suffers Alone
“Yet, I am not alone, for my Father is with me.” John 16:32 “No one seems to understand!” Oh, the many times I have thought or spoken these words in the middle of my struggles, and all the situations life throws at me. Oh, the many times I have thought: “No one really gets it!”…