Will we allow the suffering of Helen Roseveare, medical missionary, to speak into our lives today? (image courtesy of pixabay.com)

I Am Rebuked by Her Life: Medical Missionary Helen Roseveare and the Privilege to Suffer for Christ

The quotations from Helen Roseveare are from Justin Taylor’s site from “The Gospel Coalition” here. YOU WILL SUFFER MUCH FOR CHRIST There are a few verses that I’ve had a difficult time understanding since I’ve become a Christian. Those verses have typically involved the word or the concept of “suffering.” I know that this lack of Read more about I Am Rebuked by Her Life: Medical Missionary Helen Roseveare and the Privilege to Suffer for Christ[…]

Let's take the long-view perspective of our lives and of our trials by seeing them through biographies of others who have traveled our path (image courtesy of pixabay.com)

The Value of Biographies for Perspective in our Lives and our Trials

Whenever we are going through difficult seasons in life, God may use a variety of means by which to bring us comfort. God often brings comfort directly through His Word, and He will also often use people in our lives to console and to speak wisdom into our lives as well. One way that God Read more about The Value of Biographies for Perspective in our Lives and our Trials[…]

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Joy, Sorrow, the Cross, and Victory

I’ve said often that “The Valley of Vision,” besides the Bible, is by far the most influential book in my life thus up to this point in my life. Its devotional content is phenomenal, sound, and biblical at its core. It is a book based on some of the best prayers and devotions of some Read more about Joy, Sorrow, the Cross, and Victory[…]

Will you look up, look out, and look in during tough times? (Image Courtesy of pixabay.com)

3 Actions to Take When You’re Going Through Hard Times

 If you have found this blog encouraging or helpful, please subscribe in the upper right-hand part of the site (if on a laptop) or at the bottom of the site (if on a mobile device). Thank you! Here are my notes to a devotional that I gave recently at a meeting. I hope these points Read more about 3 Actions to Take When You’re Going Through Hard Times[…]

Many of our successes in life are built upon a rubble of failures (image courtesy of pixabay.com)

My True Story of 9 Failures Underlying My Educational Success

If you’ve found the content on this blog helpful or encouraging, please subscribe via email on the top, right-hand side of the website (if on a laptop), or at the bottom of the screen (if on a mobile device). Thank you! I have friends, both from the past and currently, that are insecure about pursuing Read more about My True Story of 9 Failures Underlying My Educational Success[…]

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7 Lessons That Trials Teach Us

If you find my blog encouraging or informative, please subscribe in the top, right-hand side of the website (if on a laptop) or at the bottom of the page (if on a mobile device). Thank you! It has been said that you are either going through a trial, have just finished going through a trial, Read more about 7 Lessons That Trials Teach Us[…]

How do we make sense of the mess this world is in? (Image courtesy of pixabay.com)

How do we make sense of the mess this world is in?

Note: I always welcome and look forward to your feedback in the “Comment” section below! I was once told by a professional counselor that when someone is going through a traumatic event it’s very important that the victim be able to create a story (true story, as in, a sequence of the events that have Read more about How do we make sense of the mess this world is in?[…]

Hope and despair signs

Where Can You Find Hope in the Midst of your Trials?

Maybe you are going through a tough time right now in the form of a trial or great challenge in your life. Whatever it is you are going through, most likely it is something that was not expected and has, literally, “ambushed” your life.  We are all bound to go through difficulties in our lives at Read more about Where Can You Find Hope in the Midst of your Trials?[…]