The Secret to a Beautiful and Not Bitter Wait
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We know waiting is a part of life, but it doesn’t stop us from getting a bit cross when things don’t happen soon enough. Why can’t God just snap His fingers and make the thing happen for us?
Trusting God When Things Are Falling Apart
There was a challenging season of my life when I felt like everything was not going well. I was led on by someone whom I thought was a potential life partner, and the cultural pressures to get married made me anxious. On top of that, my PhD proposals had been rejected multiple times.
We Should Trust God—But for What?
"You cannot trust us to let you face trouble alone." So too with God. Yet I have often trusted Him for the wrong thing.
Learning Courage in the Face of Suffering
This ANZAC Day, I reflect on a story that’s woven into my own family’s history. Like all families, we too carry history of personal stories and experiences of those harrowing times.
Two Battles I Face Every Day: Sleeping and Staying Awake
I face two battles every day of my life: the battle to sleep and the battle to stay awake.
2 Small Things I Do When I Struggle to be Faithful
If you love to-do lists, you’d enjoy creating goals for the day and ticking off every task you accomplish. When it comes to our spiritual walk, however, it's tricky to measure progress with a to-do app or list.
Waiting Well When Nothing's Happening
I hate waiting. The suspense often leaves me confused. Am I supposed to do something while waiting, or just sit it out until something happens?
How Do I Know If I'm Living a Successful Christian Life?
At the end of each day, I would imagine a giant scale in heaven with the numbers 1-10—1 being the lowest grade and 10, the highest. I would ask God how good I had been that day.
Finding Peace When God Doesn't Answer Your Whys
I was over the moon when I saw those two lines on the pregnancy test. However, during the first scan at about the eight-week mark, it was immediately obvious something was wrong.