Joseph Did Everything Right. It Got Worse Anyway.
Joseph did the right thing and life got worse. His years in Potiphar’s house and prison show how to remain faithful when God’s answer feels delayed.
Joseph did the right thing and life got worse. His years in Potiphar’s house and prison show how to remain faithful when God’s answer feels delayed.
Another heart episode sent me to the hospital, where a book about Jacob helped me confront my stubbornness and remember that God never gives up on us.
Closure doesn’t always come with answers, apologies, or reconciliation. Sometimes it means owning our mistakes, grieving what was lost, forgiving what we cannot change, and trusting God enough to move forward.
Sometimes adversity comes in waves. After learning of a friend’s son’s devastating accident and facing continued struggles at work, I’m reminded that we may not understand what God allows, but we can still pray, give thanks, pursue peace, and trust Him through it.
Almost twenty years ago, a child-support mistake led to a warrant, jail, job loss, and more—even though I had the receipts. This is what that season taught me about false accusations, forgiveness, and trusting the God who always knew the whole story.
What happens when I trust God but still feel angry with Him? Scripture shows that God can handle our questions, grief, and frustration. Sometimes He doesn’t illuminate the entire road ahead, he simply gives us enough light to take the next step.
We can spend our lives trying to satisfy the opinions of everyone around us. But Scripture reminds us that the witness of God is greater. Learn how the life of Moses challenges us to reject people-pleasing, embrace our identity in Christ, choose what God values, and live by faith instead of fear.
Music sounds different when you’re walking through the valley. These are the hymns, worship songs, Christian rock, and metal tracks that have helped me through suffering, forgiveness, praise, and learning to move forward.
Life has a way of bringing multiple trials at once. This week I found myself grieving at a funeral while also wrestling with adversity in the workplace. Scripture reminds us that whether we’re facing death, difficult people, or seasons of suffering, God calls us to respond with faith, integrity, and hope in Christ.
I used to think answered prayer would announce itself — clear, unmistakable, dramatic. Looking back, I nearly missed the biggest answer of my life because it never came as a bolt of lightning. It came as a chain — one quiet answer setting off ten more.