When life sucks
I'm in a good place these days. But this wasn't always the case. Life was hard, very hard, for a very long time; almost unbearable. So much so that I started to doubt that God loved me. As i type these words, I'm not very proud to admit this. But it's true. During this long spell of trial after trial, I wrote this song, "The Love of God." Go figure. I still believed that God was love, that He loved the world. I just wasn't "feeling the love" from Him personally. Been there? If you have been a Christian for any length of time, I'm guessing you've been there. Stuff happens. We live in a fallen world. And trying to take comfort in God's Sovereignty can only magnify our soreness. Why? Because if God is Sovereign (and He is), then why does He allow horrible stuff to happen to us? It's easy to believe that God loves me when I feel that things are going well. But I have also believed and felt God's love when I have fac