Category: When it all goes wrong…..

The kings of the earth did not believe, nor did any of the peoples of the world, that enemies and foes could enter the gates of Jerusalem.  Lamentations 4:12 It’s unbelievable. This can’t be...

I used to care about pretty things. About gold and silver and shining jewels. I used to take pleasure in nice things. In handbags and shoes and Pandora charms. I don’t care about any...

God is God and God is Love Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love. For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to anyone. To crush...

I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:...

I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of the Lord’s wrath. He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness rather than light; indeed, he has turned his...

When bad things happen, you have lots of questions and no answers… What can I say for you? With what can I compare you, Daughter Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I...

Things are sometimes not how they are supposed to be. We look around and know it in our bones. There’s a lament that rises from the depth of our beings as we watch the...

Sometimes there are no words. No words to describe what’s going on. No words to describe what I’m thinking and feeling. No words for this hurt, this indescribable gaping hole inside of me.  ...

SPENT adjective having been used and unable to be used again. synonyms: used up, consumed, exhausted, finished, depleted, drained, emptied; having no power or energy left. synonyms: exhausted, tired out, weary, worn out, dog-tired,...

The city of Jerusalem has been destroyed. The people have been dragged off into slavery. This poet is wandering among the rubble, trying to make sense of it all. And in his bewilderment, he...