How God Uses Your Struggles with People to Help You to Know Him: Romans 8:38-39
How can you know that your struggles won’t separate you from God’s love unless you endure them?
…And how can you endure those struggles unless you learn to lean on Him for strength when you are weak?
Have you ever found yourself in an extremely traumatic situation? Has the hurt from someone in your past ever grieved you so much that you reached the point of exhaustion?
The truth is that all of us have encountered painful “people moments” in our lives.
I’ve dealt with “people hurt” and “God hurt.”
How to Bounce Back From Failure
I’ve learned that life isn’t about how I fall but how I choose to get back up again.
I’ve been through enough therapy to learn how to bounce back from those moments where I feel like I’m a failure.
In fact, did you know that the Bible actually says that Christians will have moments where they fall:
Proverbs 24:16 states, “for the righteous falls seven times and rises again…” (ESV).
I have been through a very painful divorce, but I chose to rise again by going to therapy.
I’ve been through an unexpected job loss, but I chose to rise again by taking my online writing more seriously.
5 Simple Steps to Achieving Your 2026 New Year’s Goals
Around this time of the year, it’s usually more difficult to keep your New Year’s goals. It’s harder to stay consistent with workouts (guilty!), putting down the dessert seems more challenging, and going back to that boo you gave up last year may be more tempting than it was in January! This year, let’s work together not to permit January’s excitement to become December’s disappointment.
Click here to read 5 simple steps toward making your goals realistic and achievable:
How to Find the Purpose in Your Pain: Book Preview (Part 2)
At the time that my former husband and I were mourning our daughter, I had a friend, who we will call Katy, who opened her vacation home to me.
Fortunately, I wasn’t working full-time at that point. So, I had more free time during the day to rest in the presence of the Lord. I found myself praying for six hours on some days. At times, I would worship. Other times, I would just sit in His presence and not say a word.
Each time that I got up from my prayer room, I felt like I was beginning to understand a side of God that I had never known before. God was healing my perception and clearing my spiritual lenses. Instead of seeing God’s love through the lens of my pain, I was learning to see my pain through the lens of God’s love.