The Intersection Between Love and Loss

“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more,  neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” Rev. 21:4 When I was in elementary school my cat got hit by a car. I decided I …

Is Suffering Optional?

Psalms 119:81-88   uses words like longing, enduring, and persecuted. The guy who wrote these verses was in a bad place. I tend to think King David wrote it, as he wrote many of the Psalms. But this one doesn’t clearly say who wrote it. The author says he is like a …

When Hurting People Hurt People

A friend was going through a trial and as I showed up week after week, her lack of appreciation was causing a sliver of hurt in my heart.  That sliver grew, until one evening as I was sitting with her trying to love her the best way I knew how, …

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