But you, O God, do see trouble and grief; You consider it to take it in hand. The victim commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless....

Suffering Confronts Me My heart is troubled and restless. Days of suffering torment me. I walk in gloom, without sunlight. I stand in the public squar...

Loss Job continued speaking: “I long for the years gone by when God took care of me, when he lit up the way before me and I walked safely through the ...

LONGING FOR HEAVEN “But now that he is dead, why should I fast? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.” 2 SAMUEL 12:23 (NIV) King David’s wor...

Trust God from the bottom of your heart;don’t try to figure out everything on your own.Listen for God’s voice in everything you do,everywhere you go;H...

A healthy spirit conquers adversity, but what can you do when the spirit is crushed? PROVERBS 18:14 (THE MESSAGE) If we live long enough – broken bodi...

Lord, have mercy, because I am in misery. My eyes are weak from so much crying, and my whole being is tired from grief. PSALM 31:9 (NCV) WORDS OF KING...

So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in th...

I’m not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out...

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: … a time to mourn … ECCLESIASTES 3:1,4 When I look back on my life – dis...

Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take. ...

Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls...

By Kim Jones Experienced treasure hunters know that great treasures may not look like treasures when you first see them. They may be camouflaged, cove...

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we es...

The only way to heal from the pain of losses suffered is to go through the pain. There’s no way around it. We can stuff it. We can dodge it. But...

by Dave Dravecky All I had ever done was play baseball. So when I lost my pitching arm, I lost a lot more too—my career, my position and my sense of i...

Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Isaiah 40:1 When we face a loss of identity, we don’t need someone to give us a list of “right ...

The surgeon’s work completed, my arm and what it was capable of doing was gone forever. All of a sudden, I found myself in no-man’s land. ...

My days have passed, my plans are shattered, and so are the desires of my heart. Job 17:11 At what she calls “the naive age of 20,” Sally ...