Grace for Life
Letting go of what hinders our healing
God doesn’t want to just use our suffering to help sanctify us, He also wants to use what we bring into our suffering.
When Life Seems Too Hard
We must never lose sight of the fact that no matter how overwhelming our life looks, it is never impossible.
suicide
to the one who is considering: a plea for your life
for those left behind: help for healing
For whatever has brought you here, I am truly sorry—for your heartbreak and the tears that line your face. I pray that my words will help bring you healing, courage, and hope.
helping those left behind
Many people have asked me how they can help someone they love who has lost a close relative or friend due to suicide. This is always a challenge to answer. On the one hand, everyone is different. We each respond to life’s pain from the well-spring of our own circumstances, backgrounds, theologies, and personalities. On the other hand, in many ways, we are all alike.
our broken pieces
There is a Japanese legend that mixes fact with fiction and bespeaks a universal truth of hope, perseverance, and a Master who will not give up on any of us.
Taking the box with excitement and carefully opening the wooden lid, he brushed away the straw to reveal a silken drawstring bag. With quiet anticipation, he pulled apart the cords and slid out the object for which he had waited so long. The stillness was palpable.