Once you’ve lived a head full of memories, you find you can only hang on to the most important ones. And sometimes, it’s not the ones you’d expect to keep. With so many planning a perfect table for Thanksgiving this month, I wanted to share the five lessons from Mom’s imperfect table and an ordinary plate that have lasted my lifetime.
Expressing our pain to God can sometimes feel disloyal, like we are giving up on His ultimate goodness. Or maybe more like He’s giving up on us. But God intended lament for something much different.
Faith is foremost believing He can, and the bigger, gnarlier part of faith is being good with His decision not to. Hoping for the yes, but accepting the no. Believing His decision is better than my own vision. That’s the mature part—the rougher part—of faith.
When we consider our staying and going decisions, we should focus more on abiding in God than in the physical place.
In developing eyes for the invisible, we must recognize not only invisible types of illnesses, but our own heart issue as well.
When we are suffering, we often we think we know what we need, but by being open to bigger, unidentified needs, we can begin holding our “need” and God’s provision at. the same time.
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