“For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of our trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life.“ 2 Corinthians 1:8 “…we should all fortify ourselves against the dark hours of depression by cultivating a deep distrust ofContinue reading “‘A Drowning Kind of Despair’”
Category Archives: self-loathing
Being Very, Very Sick
“So Miriam was kept outside the camp for seven days, and the people waited until she was brought back before they traveled again.” Numbers 12:15 To be numbered as the one of chronically ill often can mean awful frustration. We can’t do what we want, we are ‘trapped’ by a disease we never asked for,Continue reading “Being Very, Very Sick”
Flying Lessons
Sometimes it’s best to use bullet points; they help me think. “And I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I want to do what is right, but I can’t. I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong,Continue reading “Flying Lessons”
English Pigeons
“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.” Psalm 32:8 In April 2002, I was sitting in this cavernous waiting room at King’s Cross in London, England. I was waiting for a bus to Cambridge, UK. I sat all alone, and stared at theContinue reading “English Pigeons”
