Last week, I talked about reading emotions, particularly anger. In fact, we need to do more than read our anger. We need to study. To study is to understand, to fit into an organized structure of information, to read and think and do experiments until we make sense of a subject. Libraries are written on …
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Obedient Wrestling
“If I tell Jesus my anger, he’ll throw me out of the room.” The young woman’s tears glistened on her cheeks. During prayer ministry time, I had just encouraged her to be honest with God about how she felt. Her husband had cheated and she’d been downsized. She was furious with her husband, her boss, …
A Useful “Why?”
When serious suffering penetrates our hearts, we often ask God, “Why?” Why did I lose my job? Why am I not married? Why did my child die of cancer? Why did my wife walk out? Why did my father leave? As an ultimate question, it’s unanswerable. However, “why” produces insight when we ask it in …