Because Life Happens Every Day
When you hurt, you sometimes look for relief. . .in a bottle. This relief, this pleasure plays peek-a-boo. You see it then it’s gone, obliterated. Kc Hutter, a Facebook friend and author of her memoir A Broken Heart, flirted with alcoholism. She began drinking during her first marriage while her husband traveled out of town week after… [Continue Reading]
Wouldn’t it be terrific to mend your hurting heart after divorce? Today is the second of eight posts in my website’s blog series, “Mending a Broken Heart.” You can read the first post here. During the series at my website, we’ll talk about hope and healing from tough stuff like abuse and divorce, addiction and the death… [Continue Reading]
TThe Proverbs 31 woman disturbs me. Too perfect, too polished, just another unattainable standard. I’ll never measure up. Ever. Am I jealous? Perhaps. You see, I don’t want to be her. I want to hurt her. Wow! It felt good to admit that. Thankfully the Proverbs 31 woman doesn’t exist. Most theologians agree she is… [Continue Reading]
Hope: The expectation of a favorable future under God’s direction. Philip Yancy‘s classic Where Is God When It Hurts? shares a picture of hope. It looks more like courage than cheerfulness, for hope is brave. Brave Story of Hope Captured by Nazis during WWII and shuffled among prisons in Scotland, Belgium, and England, young Jurgen… [Continue Reading]