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Tag: doubt

  • When Your Questions are as Deep as Your Faith

    I enjoyed a lovely lunch with a dear friend who epitomizes grace, although she probably wouldn’t agree. She is one of those people who has suffered so deeply it’s hard to understand how she is still standing upright, much less smiling and serving others with compassion. She is deep. Deep in faith. Deep in grief.…

  • Without a Doubt

  • Advent, a Little Doubt, and A Lot of Prayer

    Advent, a Little Doubt, and A Lot of Prayer

    Because maybe in grasping truly what He went through for us, we, as a family, can grasp how our lives fit into a grander plan. How enduring difficulties doesn’t reveal a lack of love from God but rather reflects God’s love. He loves us enough to allow hardship for holiness, and pain for a purpose,…

  • Accepting Good Gifts

    Why is it that sometimes when God answers a prayer, it is so difficult to accept it without questions or doubts?  To believe that God loves you enough to bless you so much? For the past several years I have prayed many prayers…placed many requests at the foot of the throne of grace.  I have…