In the darkness of Good Friday, it’s easy to ask why God has abandoned us -in the wake of broken dreams nailed to a tree, in the face of tragedy that struck out of nowhere in the breathtaking triumph of evil that leaves us speechless- as a hammer prepares to strike a nail that will pierce the Savior. The story of the birth of Christ that we just celebrated a few months back comes to a crushing, agonizing stop.
You’ve been in the storm for what feels like an eternity and you find yourself trying to find God in this place. Your soul begs for a reprieve for a moment of peace to catch your breath. You’ve nothing left to give, your arms are long since weary of the battle. You wonder if this…
Keeping the faith is fairly easy on the good days, but what about when life is hard when prayers go unanswered, or the answer isn’t what we were hoping for. When doubt creeps in and the brutality of life steals our breath away, the loved one dies, the healing we’ve been praying for doesn’t come,…
Trusting can be hard at the best of times, but trusting God in difficult times is considerably harder. Even when you’ve been a Christian for a long time, adversity makes the voice of doubt shout all the louder in your ears. The what if’s begin to rise until you find yourself drowning in the pain…
Have you ever had that moment life is just overwhelming? You have way too many balls to juggle, the weight of it all drags you down until you feel like your drowning. Your strength fails as you flounder desperately trying to keep all the balls in the air. Meet all the needs. Do everything you’re…
We’ve all been there, everything was golden and then suddenly a storm popped up on our radar. We weren’t expecting it, didn’t see it coming and now we’re here trusting God in the storm and just trying to find the strength to draw in another breath. Trusting God while you are trying to weather the…
You’re here once more, your whole world going up in ashes and wondering where God is when you are engulfed in flames. He feels so far away, you struggle even to catch a small glimpse of Him among the shimmering waves of heat. ‘Has He forgotten me?’ you wonder, was my mess just too much?…
It’s easy to trust God when you are on the mountain top, but what about when the bottom falls out for the hundredth time and you find yourself at the mercy of another storm. What about when you did trust God, but he remained silent and nothing seemed to change. How do you keep…
We’ve all bee there, caught in the storm watching the floodwaters rise and wondering how we got here. Where is God in the storm? When my arms are weary and my soul is battered when life stole from me and left me breathless with its brutality. It’s here, in the midst of the storm…
Downpour Learning From Life’s Storms is for the Christian hanging on by a thread, desperate to find God in the storm. Whether you are a veteran at weathering storms, or this is your first one, you’ll find hope and the strength to keep the faith through Biblical encouragement. Discovering That He Is God In The…