Tag hardship

Calming Life’s Storms

Matthew 8:26 For a while, one of my daughters pretended that she could control the wind. She would joke to her siblings about being able to make it blow or stop. That would be a pretty neat power to have…

Time Flies

Psalm 90:10, 12, 14 It seems the older I get the quicker the years go by. As more and more candles are added to my birthday cake every year I realize this statement to be true. When I was young,…

Are you Anxious?

Philippians 4:6 Watch on YouTube – Watch on Facebook Does something have you up late at night, tossing and turning, cold sweats? Something gnawing at your stomach? What has you anxious? Relationship? Health? School? Finances? What are we to do…

Thanksgiving in Difficulties

Job 1:21 Watch on YouTube – Watch on Facebook In the Bible there is a story of a woman by the name of Naomi who is very bitter towards God. Early on in her marriage she and her husband and…

God is Treating You As Sons

Hebrews 12:5b-7a Malcolm Fraser, a former Prime Minister of Australia, famously said life wasn’t meant to be easy. He meant that life is gonna have hardships we might as well just suck it up and deal with it. Though there…

When disaster strikes, is God in control?

Romans 8:28 Have you seen the pictures? That is often the question that is asked when massive disaster hits. A hurricane, tornado, earthquake, or fire we see the images of people’s lives wrecked, their possessions taken away, sometimes even their…