If you have suffered the loss of a family member to chronic disease, if you suffer debilitating seasons of depression, if you have lost your job and livelihood, gone through a divorce that came out of the blue, know that God is not punishing you. He is not waiting for you to do something.
Tullian TchividjianWe don't need answers and explanations as much as we need God's presence in and through the suffering.
Tullian TchividjianThe only thing that frees you from the need to pretend in order to make people believe you are something when you are actually not is the gospel because the gospel tells you that identity, my meaning, my security, and all of those things are in Christ.
Tullian TchividjianThe gospel doesn't just free me from what people think of me, but also from what I think of me.
Tullian Tchividjian