God points to the peaceful attitude of suffering people to teach others about Himself.

I wished God were like He used to be, a few notches lower. I wanted Him to be lofty enough to help me but not so uncontrollable. I longed for His warm presence, times when He seemed more… safe.

Faith means being sure of what we hope for now. It means knowing something is real, this moment, all around you, even when you don't see it.

Americans are nervous; Americans are restless; and what troubles me the most is that Americans are uncharacteristically pessimistic.

We're not the paragons of virtue that we'd all like to think we are. And so, to shatter that myth, God will use suffering to expose the stuff of which we're made.

Thankfully, God brought wise Christian friends alongside to help me discover life-transforming precepts in his Word.

God wants us to be a good example to others who are observing us.