Psalm 55:7 refers to the quiet of the wilderness. The wilderness image is an image of suffering. Those times when we feel dry and deserted, alone in a wasteland. In pain, we have the choice to distract ourselves to try to drown out the despair and sometimes, momentarily, that is what we need. And yet, …
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Tired
A missionary friend, weary from too much work, once said to me, “It’s no sin to be tired.” It’s always stuck with me and it comes to mind again this morning, as I feel emotionally and physically drained from stresses I’m not at liberty to disclose. I’m tempted to all kinds of sin in this …
Never Give Up
When I began, twenty years ago, to do psychotherapy, many times I felt like giving up —I was afraid I couldn’t receive that promised land I believed God wanted to give me. But I learned that fear itself was the enemy. The more I attacked the fear, in the power of the Holy Spirit, the …