"You as a personality are not in competition with any other personality simply because there is not another person on the earth like you. You are an individual. You are unique. You are not like any other person, and no one person is like you. God did not create a standard person and in some way label that person saying, 'this is it.' He made everyone individual and unique as he made every tree... [read more]

I will extol thee, O Jehovah; for thou hast raised me up, And hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. O Jehovah my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. O Jehovah, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. Sing praise unto Jehovah, O ye saints of his, And give thanks to his holy memorial name. For his anger is but for... [read more]

When huge pain comes into your life like divorce whatever was the reason for it, or the loss of a precious family member, or the dream of wholeness shattered. it is good to have a few things settled with God ahead of time. The reason for this is not because it makes grieving easy, but because it gives focus and boundaries for the pain.   Being confident in God does not make the pain less deep,... [read more]