19 May 2018 Heidi’s Story

Heidi’s Story

posted by

Part 3 of the series, “God is Good”…

In this post, I share a remarkable story about the goodness of God. If you missed the last two posts, start there. One Unshakable Core Belief, and Mystery: The Unresolved Category

experience God's loveTo recap, it’s hard to reconcile the goodness of God with suffering in human life. We may start to think God isn’t doing a good job of being God. But He has given us solid reasons to trust in His goodness and asks us to embrace the category of mystery. Yet, if we’re in the wilderness of unanswered questions, the Holy Spirit can still bring the presence of God into our pain and suffering. When we experience His goodness, we may not understand the “whys” of our circumstances, but His peace remains. Experience is the operative word.

So here’s the story of my second cousin Heidi…Continue reading

Filed Under: 2018 Tagged With: , , , , ,
5 May 2018 Mystery – The Unresolved Category

Mystery – The Unresolved Category

posted by

Last week, I posed a troubling question: Does God care about our earthly woes? Or as author Brent Curtis wrote, are we trapped in a story that “uses up characters like trailer courts in tornado season?”

How can we know that God is good?

Let’s get down to the juggernaut of the question. We have legitimate questions about God’s goodness: Why tragedies? Why injustices? Why do innocents suffer—like children blasted with chlorine gas in Syria? Even small things can galvanize our doubts.

We say—if God will give us answers, then we’ll trust Him…

We want Him to come down with all His goodness and answer our questions with puzzle-like exactness. The puzzle would look like this:Continue reading

Filed Under: 2018 Tagged With: , , ,