HE'S IN CONTROL, BUT NOT CONTROLLING There has been many times through the years that I’ve prayed for something over and over, and haven’t seen the result I was anticipating. Sometimes my prayers feel like I’m repeatedly and franticly pressing the “Call Nurse” button next to my hospital bed. “I’m in pain here! Where are …
Loving the unpredictable God (part 3)
SOMETIMES I CALL HIM THE “SOMETIMES” GOD The character that depicts Jesus in C.S. Lewis’ series, The Chronicles of Narnia is a ferocious lion named, Aslan. One of the notable characteristics of the lion was his unpredictability. He even seemed fickle at times. Sometimes he would show up and, in the nick of time, save …
Loving the unpredictable God (part 2)
Trusting the "Sometimes" God (Before you freak out, please be assured that I’m not implying that God is “sometimes God,” and then sometimes he’s not! I mean something else, which you’ll have to read further to find out.) The season of anguish to which I refer in Part One, left me, albeit temporarily, jaded in …
Loving an Unpredictable God (Part 1)
Over Chinese food my friend Joe asked me if my faith in God was in tact. I was getting divorced, broke my neck, and was just diagnosed with cancer. He was concerned for me and wanted to know how to best be a support to me in my dark night of the soul. I’d loved …
I’m no fan of Jesus…
I woke up this morning with a slight melancholic disposition. It might have been a depressing dream that I can’t remember, too much sugar in my diet yesterday, or more likely my team’s frustrating loss last night. Whatever it was, I couldn’t quite fling my mind off of its negative loop. I felt like my …
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