Misplaced disappointment.

Misplaced disappointment has an interesting way of camouflaging itself. It rarely looks like, “I’m disappointed.” It looks like jealousy or insecurity, bitterness or unforgiveness, maybe anger or rage, a critical spirit, callousedness, apathy, or maybe even addiction. Disappointment in people. Disappointment in events. Disappointment in ourselves. Disappointment in facts. Disappointment in life. If you look…

The name.

As you know, my recent blogs have centered on the hard season of late–a season that may be all too familiar to you right now. As much as I love empathy amidst my journey, I’m so sorry for your pain. But this pain means learning the power of our Lord and Savior. For me, this revelation…

How this ends.

I’ve written lately about the difficult season of life.  The season that feels unending. The season that leaves you dilapidated and numb. I won’t claim to feel the paralysis you experience.  I can’t pretend to understand the isolation you feel. But I absolutely can remind you of what I know. And I know how this…

To wait quietly.

It was only recently that I understood how much of my life has been spent waiting on God.  An inventory of those around me shows I am not alone in this.  And I suspect at some point–if not nearly every point–in your journey, you have similarly waited on God. Nearly every person dear to me is waiting on God for something: for a door to…

The indifference that is offensive.

I find myself becoming inconvenienced when the Lord asks me to lay open my heart before Him.  It concerns me that I find it easy to become indignant about the sin in others’ lives, and I find it even easier to be indifferent about the sin in my own life.  I pray God prompts you…