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How God Prepared Me for Rejection
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I was writing a report at work when I saw the email notification:
"...we are regrettably unable to offer you a place in our entering class..."
A hundred emotions rushed through me as I read the rejection letter from my dream school.
Be Patient with Your Slow Spiritual Growth
I recently talked with my mentor about how frustratingly slow my sanctification can be. Even when I know in my head that something is true, it doesn’t always shape my heart or steer my hands.
How Will You Spend Your Last Day On Earth?
You’ve worked very hard to build a good life for yourself–a stable career with good progression, a house with all your creature comforts, a family that’s your pride and joy. And then one day, you find out that you only have 24 hours left to live!
How to Make Money Without Getting Consumed by It
Just about everyone I speak to (myself included) feels that way—that no matter how long we’ve been working, our pay seems never quite enough. “If I could just get paid that little bit more,” we think.
4 Ways I Keep My Worries at Bay
We all have our worries about the future, and what we hear on the news certainly does not help! Earthquakes, floods, wars, government corruption, increase in crime and rising costs of living are just some of the alarming headlines we come across.
Thankfully, none of this is news to God.
I Found Christ. Then Came the Darkest Season of My Life
It was like a scene in a movie. Picture the camera set across the street from a cafe, where two people walk out. They face each other briefly, then each turn back and start walking in the opposite direction.
I remember the day vividly from that perspective, even though I was one of the two people walking away from each other.
Does God Really Care About Me?
Trusting God is a lifelong process for us. And it’s not just trusting His plans will happen, but trusting that He actually cares about us, especially when we’re faced with frustrated hopes and disappointments.
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.