Faith – Proclaiming His Goodness

December 14, 2024December 14, 2024

Unattainable; Yet, Knowable

“O, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and how inscrutable His ways!

“For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been His counselor?”

“Or who has given a gift to Him that he might be repaid?”

For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be glory forever. Amen.

-Romans 11:33-36

At this point in the book of Romans, Paul has spent most of the previous eleven chapters giving a defense of the Gospel. Like a lawyer laying out his case, Paul dissects our faith, thoroughly examining it from every angle. He leaves no loopholes and answers every objection before it can be made. But even as he dives deep into the mysteries and weaves the threads together to create a beautiful tapestry, he ends with an exclamation of how little he actually knows – because what human can know the mind of the Lord?

November 16, 2024November 30, 2024

Leaving The Valley

“Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation. God, the Lord, is my strength; He makes my feet like the deer’s; He makes me tread on my high places. ~ Habakkuk 3:17-19

How did I get here, I wondered.

Life had hit hard in recent months, but I was working hard to be strong and keep moving in the right direction. On the outside, I looked normal. Maybe older and more tired, but not much had changed. On the inside though, I did not recognize myself. I was riddled with anxiety and depression, ready to burst with pent up emotions.

November 2, 2024November 2, 2024

More To The Story

“Remember my affliction and my wanderings, the wormwood and the gall! My soul continually remembers it and is bowed down within me. But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to and end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.” – Lamentations 3:19-24

Hurt and hope – they can coexist.

Affliction and healing – they can be present simultaneously.

How?

October 19, 2024October 21, 2024

Brokenness Is Not Final

“But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. ~2 Corinthians 4:7-10

Broken hearts, broken minds, broken bodies, broken souls – in the end, is this all the world can offer?

Yes.