Today, after 34 years of marriage, we’ve lived through joblessness twice. Both experiences have taught us valuable lessons and demonstrated God’s love and care for us.
It's tempting to see ourselves as weaker for desiring sleep. But our need for sleep is profoundly theological, and speaks volumes about where we place our hope and trust.
Our identity and worth must be rooted in the fact that we are sinners saved by the grace of Jesus Christ alone, adopted into His family, and called His children.
The night before the meeting, Lauren and I hosted our weekly couples group. I had chosen an obscure Bible story about King Jehoshaphat for our discussion. In the story, enemy armies have surrounded Judah and a devastating attack seems imminent. Jehoshaphat calls the whole nation together to pray and inquire of the Lord about what to do.
This side of the sin at the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, our work is ruined by all manner of afflictions moral, physical, emotional, and mental.