When we find ourselves in seasons of suffering there are two primary perspectives we can have. Before we consider the two perspectives, let’s define perspective. In this context perspective describes the way you view your suffering. You might think of it as the lens through which you choose to view your suffering. One perspective is...
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Suffering – Chapter Four
In chapter four of “Suffering” Paul Tripp addresses the issue of fear. In our seasons of suffering fear grows large as God grows smaller. When fear rules your heart, you don’t see or think about life accurately. You function with distorted vision that causes you to make wrong conclusions and bad decisions. And because fear...
Suffering – Chapter Three
As I am reading through Suffering by Paul Tripp I am simply picking out truths that are helpful for me and hopefully helpful for you. In chapter three Tripp tackles the deeper issues of our suffering – the way that our hearts react to suffering. As people made in God’s image, none of us lives...
Suffering – Chapter One
Nearly two weeks ago I broke my foot in what the orthopedic surgeons called “the strangest possible way.” I’ll spare you the details, but so far there have been two surgeries, which allowed them to place pins that are currently holding the Talus and Calcaneus bones in place. My final surgery is two days away....
What I am reading in January 2024
A Praying Church: Becoming a People of Hope in a Discouraging World by Paul Miller I finished this book up just after the New Year. I am reading this book along with several other Meadowview members. Our intention is to discuss the content and think through how we at Meadowview can focus more time and...