Did you know that God has his own great name at stake in your suffering? He says in Isaiah 48, “I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. For my own...

I just listened to the Beatles’ classic “Here Comes the Sun”—a song I played a lot when I was first injured. Thirty seconds into it, I was sobbing, thinking...

When I am in physical pain, it helps when friends offer life-giving words. Instead of saying, “Oh, I’m so sorry; I feel so bad for you,” instead, they’ll...

God enrolls every Christian in the school of suffering; the same one his Son attended. Sure, we want to do well in that school, but often we squirm if the...

The other night, I was in bed, up on my side because Ken needed to examine a wound on my back, and I felt so depleted. Pain had deflated my spirits, and with...

Recently my Sunday night caregiver moved out of town, and I fretted over who would replace her. Then I remembered where the Bible says that God will...

Would you consider yourself “poor in spirit?” Do you think it’s a good condition to be in? Or does being “poor in spirit” sound like you’re missing or...

I know something about suffering and how it can hurt. I’m paralyzed, I’ve got chronic pain, scoliosis and pressure sores from sitting for years in a...

Just a few weeks ago I was struggling with level eight pain it was unrelenting, and I confessed to a friend that I really had to climb my way up out of...

Isn’t it odd that we wear crosses around our necks? A cross is a symbol of torture. Like wearing a little guillotine, or an electric chair around your...