Comfort to Share
Paul wrote about "the fellowship of sharing in [Christ's] sufferings" (Philippians 3:10). This is strange language - fellowship usually means community, shared meals, common life together. But Paul describes suffering as something that creates fellowship, a shared experience that connects
Father, I have years I can't get back, time I feel I wasted, seasons that seem pointless when I look back. I made wrong choices, pursued wrong directions, and spent years in places I shouldn't have been. I can't undo those decisions or reclaim those years. They're just gone. But you promi
Moses spent forty years as a prince in Egypt, then forty years as a shepherd in Midian before God called him at age eighty to lead Israel out of Egypt (Acts 7:23, 30). Eighty years of preparation for forty years of ministry. From a productivity standpoint, this seems wildly inefficient. Co
I'm working everything together for your good - even the painful parts, even the confusing parts, even the parts that seem wasted. Nothing is outside My ability to redeem and repurpose. What looks like a detour might be the direct route. What feels like loss might be preparation for gain.