UNANSWERED PRAYERS

UNANSWERED PRAYERS Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God Psalm  42:5  NIV   I’m so happy to be back from my two-month summer break. The name of my blog is Life Happens....

FAITH THAT SURVIVES DISAPPOINTMENT

Whether it’s losing a dream we’ve built our life around, longtime suffering that never seems to heal, or an urgent prayer that goes unanswered, we have all asked the question: “Where is God in all of this?” The absence of an answer is not the absence of God. God’s...

Be Bigger

You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. 1 John 4:4  (NIV) There are days when life feels overwhelming—when the weight of circumstances presses hard against our hearts and...

I Don’t Want to Do This Anymore!

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9  (NIV) Have you ever reached a moment in life where you quietly say to yourself:  “I don’t want to do this anymore.”Not necessarily life itself—but...

INDEPENDENTLY  DEPENDING ON GOD

but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:31   NIV   Independence is often celebrated as a sign of maturity. We teach our children to tie...

New Year…New Outlook

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ...