“The Holy Sound” Stanza 4 One of the most desperate needs in my or anyone’s life is grace. We cannot earn grace; earning it defies its very definition. Although He was a mighty God, Jesus came to us as a seed of man, swaddled within the […]
Tag: pain
Buried Pain
We all have it, although some of us more than others. The buried trauma that we’ve hidden to get through a tragedy, difficulty, or abuse. It’s supposed to be a temporary fix until we are in a safe place and can deal with it properly. Some […]
God With Skin On
In a poem entitled, The Rainy Day, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote, “Into each life, some rain must fall.” Some of us may feel that we live in a rainforest. We were never designed to endure trials on our own. It’s during these times when we find […]
God’s Love In Our Pain
Have you ever wondered where God was during your tragedy or asked why he didn’t make it stop? You aren’t alone. Jesus prepared us to expect problems in Matthew 5. Bad things happen to us all. You might ask what the point is of being a […]
God and Kings
Royal history is fascinating. The impact on and the role of women in actual patriarchal societies is so telling. The strategic and manipulative methods women had to use to attain some autonomy were always creative and sometimes sinister. Reading about their issues is intriguing and helps […]