When waiting is writhing

  • Post category:Trauma and Grief
  • Post last modified:March 10, 2024

What do you do when you feel angry, impotent and stuck, in a place where evil seems invincible and justice, impossible? Be still? Wait patiently? Psalm 37:7 may seem like a call to “just relax.” Instead it affirms and encourages struggle – struggle to resist taking matters into your own hands, struggle to cooperate with Christ to birth deliverance and life.

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Empty roller coaster at sunset
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Waiting for hope

  • Post category:Trauma and Grief
  • Post last modified:March 10, 2024

It feels wonderful to find yourself waiting in quiet hope and encouraging others to do the same. It feels dreadful to seek the God you thought you knew while hope continues to hide. It feels like a betrayal on God’s part, or a failure on yours, or both.

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