(1) Death is unnatural. It doesn’t feel right. When entering a room where there’s a body, nurses often turn on all the lights and the TV. Bodies were designed to host life. When the life goes elsewhere, its absence is felt. (2) None of us knows when our time will come , so let people […]
Category: suffering
Seven Things I’ve Learned About Surviving a Child’s Suicide (from a Parent Who’s Been Through It)
(1) You never forget. “He’s everywhere I look. Sitting in that chair. Standing by the kitchen sink. Coming down the stairs. Watching television.” (2) You rage against God. “Why did you let this happen to our son? He was a great kid! We did our best to please you and raise him right — why […]
The wisdom in suffering
On the cover of The End of Suffering, by Scott Cairns, is a quote that goes like this: The extreme greatness of Christianity lies in the fact that it does not seek a supernatural remedy for suffering, but a supernatural use for it. — Simone Weil There’s an ocean of truth in that statement, and […]
Hopeless.
Abraham, walking for three straight days to reach the place where his son would die. Three days with nothing to do but think about losing his son, whom he loved (Genesis 22). Jesus, the Messiah, seized, tortured, and killed by His enemies. Loved by His Father. Dead, buried, and gone (John 18-19). The burdens we […]
Hearing and doing
I know a college student who went extreme. After countless lessons on faith in action he left the country. First to South Africa and Mozambique, where he spent his summer playing soccer and sharing Christ. Several young men came to faith during his visit, but after he left (to attend Moody Bible Institute in the […]
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