darkness

Trust is like watching a chess game when you already know who will win

What does it mean to see the hand of God? It might mean different things to different people, but to me, seeing the hand of God means that I see something that is happening, and I know that God was involved. Sometimes it’s a big miracle that others can easily see, but more often it …

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Trusting His leading is sometimes like walking blind and deaf

More Lessons in Trust… You’ve prayed, you’ve asked Him to lead you, and… you still don’t know which decision to make. So you pray some more… and some more… and eventually, even though you’re still not sure, you have to make a decision. So you do, even though you still can’t really tell which direction God …

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The world is dying and are we sharing what it needs?

As I look out my window, I see dying trees — trees that were healthy last year.  I see stumps of trees that died last year and were healthy when we bought this house 8 years ago. I read on the Internet how many huge percentages of trees in North America are dying at abnormally …

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Hope in the darkness, when you’re facing things you never thought you’d have to

I’ve been silent here for the last several months because I haven’t been sure that I have anything worth saying. Life’s been difficult, and it’s also been boring and normal. There have been wonderful triumphs and victories as well as great difficulties, questions, controversies, struggles, and pain. This is what life is made of. As …

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