Sorrow

Basic Assumptions

Rev 21:4 ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” As we live in this world, we live based on assumptions about the very world in which we live. We assume that if weContinue reading “Basic Assumptions”

2 Corinthians 7:10-11 Godly Sorrow

2 Corinthians 7:10-11 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. 11 See what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern, what readiness to see justice done. At every point youContinue reading “2 Corinthians 7:10-11 Godly Sorrow”

The Last Page – Revelation 21:1

Revelation 21:1 Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. Have you been tempted when you received a new book, especially a murder mystery, to turn to the last page and find out who didContinue reading “The Last Page – Revelation 21:1”

2 Corinthians 7:9 yet now I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow lead you to repentance. For you became sorrowful as God intended and so were not harmed in any way by us. There is a popular belief in society that all discomfort needs to be eliminated from life.Continue reading “Sorrow”

Weeping

Jeremiah 31:15 This is what the Lord says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.” Emotions can be a mixed bag. They give us the ability to experience life on different levels. Without emotions, life would beContinue reading “Weeping”

Unnecessary Commotion

Mark 5:38-39 Have you noticed how some people get spun up over the seemingly smallest things! They go from zero to sixty emotionally in an instant. You try to reason with them, but it is almost as if they can’t hear what you are saying, their emotions get in the way. To an outsiderContinue reading “Unnecessary Commotion”

Waiting Room

Proverbs 15:30 Have you ever had to wait in a hospital waiting room while someone you love is going through an operation? Those moments can be the longest moments on earth. You see the doctor walking down the hallway toward you, and you examine their face for the smallest hint that things went well.Continue reading “Waiting Room”

Laughing at a Funeral

Proverbs 14:13 The expression of one emotion does not mean that other, even seemingly contradictory emotion, does not exist. Our emotions are very transient. They can change in a moment. But a change from one emotion to another does not mean that there is a permanent shift away from the first to the second. EmotionContinue reading “Laughing at a Funeral”

Pain, Lonely Pain

Proverbs 14:10 We are all unique individuals who live with others who share many things in common. As we experience the sorrows and joys that inevitably come to us as human beings living in a fallen world, there are many common factors to those experiences. These common factors to human experience tie us together. TheContinue reading “Pain, Lonely Pain”

The Twenty’s

Psalm 20, 50, 80, 110, 140 Have you ever had someone pray for you and bless you in a way that made you feel important, special and sure to succeed? This is exactly how Psalm 20 begins. Never underestimate the power of words, especially those spoken to those closest to us. With a word weContinue reading “The Twenty’s”