Category Archives: Suffering

We have no power

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

Make a courageous admission: Some of us need to turn to God and confess, Continue reading →

Posted in 18 Year factor, Addiction, Alcohol addiction, discouraged, Drug addiction, Suffering, Trials | Tagged Addiction, Crisis, helpless, hopeless, Life is hard | Leave a comment

The friend of God

Posted on January 7, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

Learning about life with God from the friend of God. Continue reading →

Posted in Doubt, Questioning God, Suffering, Walking with God, Wisdom | Tagged Abraham offers Isaac, Abramham, Genesis 22, Life with God is hard, trials and suffering | Leave a comment

When life feels difficult

Posted on December 14, 2021 by Wisdomforlife

I’ve often asked God for green pastures and still waters. God has been faithful to provide times of rest and refreshment. Continue reading →

Posted in 18 Year factor, Depression, discouraged, Doubt, personal, Personal thoughts, Questioning God, Suffering, Trials | Tagged confused about God, difficulty, setbacks, struggles, Suffering, Trials | Leave a comment

Responding to grief

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Wisdomforlife

Deep reflection on grief and grieving. Continue reading →

Posted in Death, Grieving, Loss, Sadness, Suffering, Suicide | Tagged Death, Grief, Grieving, loss of a loved one, Sadness, working through grief | Leave a comment

5 purposes of pain (by C. S. Lewis)

Posted on October 23, 2021 by Wisdomforlife

Can you think of other purposes? Continue reading →

Posted in discouraged, Discouragement, God as Potter, God's power, Pain, Questioning God, Seeking God, Spiritual disciplines, Suffering, Theodicy, Trials, Walking with God | Tagged Life hurts, pain, purposes of pain, Suffering, why God allows suffering, why so much suffering | Leave a comment

When forgotten and deserted

Posted on August 18, 2021 by Wisdomforlife

It hurts to be forgotten and deserted. But when faced with such experiences, we only multiply our pain when we choose… Continue reading →

Posted in Bitterness, Comfort, Despair, Forgiveness, Resentment, Suffering, Trials | Tagged abandoned, deserted, forgotten, rejected by friends | Leave a comment

What is God doing in my life?

Posted on June 24, 2021 by Wisdomforlife

You may have thought that life with God would solve everything. Why are you facing new challenges and still battling old ones? Continue reading →

Posted in Discipline, discouraged, J. I. Packer, Sanctification, Suffering, Trials | Tagged Does God care?, purpose of trials, Where is God? | Leave a comment

A screaming room in every hospital

Posted on April 17, 2021 by Wisdomforlife

After directing her to a quiet room for prayer, the doctor thought to himself that there should be a screaming room in every hospital Continue reading →

Posted in C. S. Lewis, Death, Death of Christ, Fear of death, Loss, Sadness, Suffering | Tagged death of a loved one, ssorrow | Leave a comment

Four servants of God who battled fierce despair

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Wisdomforlife

Four servants of God. Each one reached an extremely low point in life. All of them felt that life was no longer worth living. Continue reading →

Posted in Abuse, Addiction, Anger, Anxiety, Assurance, Bitterness, Broken Relationships, Call to ministry, Character, Childhood trauma, Christian life, Comfort, Complaceny, Conceit, Conflict, Contentment, Crisis, Depression, Despair, discouraged, Discouragement, Divine Lottery, Doubt, Elders, elders in the Church, Emerging Leaders, Emotions, Encouragement, Failure, Faith, Fear, feeling hopeless, Freedom, God's Patience, God's Heart, God's Love, Grace, Gratitude, Grieving, Hope?, Kindness, Leadership, Life of a pastor, Loss, marriage problems, Meaning of life, Mercy, Middle life, Mind Renewal, Nihilism, Pain, Pastors, personal, Praise, Prayer, purpose, Questioning God, Repentance, Sadness, Seeking God, Selfishness, Spiritual Detox, Spiritual inventory, Spiritual transformation, Suffering, Suicide, Temptation, Trials, Truth, Victory, Walking with God, Will of God, Wisdom, Worship | Tagged burn out, Despair, Discouraged, feeling lost, helpless, hopeless, loss of perspective, spiritual exhaustion, Suicide | 1 Comment

God’s dispositional will

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Wisdomforlife

This dimension of God’s will reveals that God is not inwardly disposed to or delighted by… Continue reading →

Posted in Evangelism, Evil in the world, God as Potter, God's Patience, God's control, God's Heart, God's Love, God's Will, Heart, Problem of evil, Seeking God, Suffering, Walking with God, Will of God, Wisdom | Tagged God and evil, Will of God | 1 Comment