Can pain be beautiful? That is one way to phrase a question I’ve been struggling to answer. I’ve wondered if beauty can be found in suffering. As I have written about in the past, experiencing beauty often includes unpleasant emotions along with positive ones. But there is a great difference between understanding the sense of
Category: Faith
I should not have procrastinated on these blog entries. Erg. Too many thoughts worth so much of my time, and yet I have no time to give. Such is the life of a pure J-type. But I digress. Let’s get to thinking. Over the course of this class, it seems as though two positions have
This is the second part of a lesson series I made a while back. It was a five part series and explored how Christians ought to live life with an eternal perspective. The lessons explored sin, love, election, and evangelism. I already posted my lesson on love a while ago on this blog, and I
Love has proven to be a great mystery to me, and I’ve spent much of my last five years trying to discover what love is all about. While I have filled more pages of my notebooks than I can easily count documenting my findings on what society, pastors, the Bible, and my own conscience tell
God’s plan is rarely the same as our plans, and it is always better. His plan is rarely the same as ours and it is always better. Notice my use of the word ‘and’. I didn’t say God’s plan is rarely the same “but” it’s better. I said “and”. God’s plan is not better than