by Laurie Short | Apr 16, 2014 | atheist, battle, Dark, Easter, Faith, Finding Faith in the Dark, Gethsemane, God, Good Friday, Jesus, Prayer
There are some things you read and you just have to stop for a minute. I’m guessing you have figured from my title just what that was for me. (Either that or you said to yourself “THAT’s why Paul said no women teachers”) I was half way through...
by Laurie Short | Apr 5, 2014 | battle, being perfect, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Faith, Finding Faith in the Dark, God, Grace, guilt, Jesus, Leviticus, Old Testament, priestly sacrifices, sacrifice, The Cost of Discipleship
Tomorrow I am off to Haiti. When I come back, I’ll have more money, more clothes, more food, and more comfort than I had when I left. The reason is because I will actually see all that I have. But I will save those reflections for later. In the meantime, I decided to...
by Laurie Short | Mar 27, 2014 | baby, Compassion, CS Lewis, Disappointment with God, Dreams, Faith, Finding Faith in the Dark, Gethsemane, God's will, Paul and his thorn, Perspective, Prayer, sacrifice, unanswered prayer, your life story
For half my life, I prayed for a husband and child of my own. For half my life, God gave me singleness and other people’s children to care for. I wondered if God and I spoke different languages. However looking back, those “unanswered” prayers produced some of the...
by Laurie Short | Mar 19, 2014 | adopting, Angels foster care, baby, Dark, Disappointment with God, Dreams, Faith, family, Finding Faith in the Dark, foster parenting, God's will, Grace, Love, Parenting, Stories
This week’s blog is actually the continuation of a story I posted two weeks ago. It can be read alone, but if you want the full story and you missed that post, here’s the link: http://blog.lauriepolich.com/when-god-widens-your-gaze/ With this story, I invite you to...
by Laurie Short | Mar 3, 2014 | adopting, Angels foster care, baby, Blessing, Disappointment with God, Faith, family, finding faith, Finding Faith in the Dark, foster parenting, God, Parenting, Philip Yancey, Stories
Author Philip Yancey (of whom I am a big fan) says there are 3 questions we struggle with when we feel God’s distance and want or need him to be close. The questions are: Why is God hidden? Why is God silent? Why is God unfair? At the root of our doubts, usually one...