"Fragmented, my self knows no peace. I cannot remember what it's like to be happy. 'Failed,' I say to myself. 'My hope fails in the face of what the Eternal One has done.' Grievous thoughts of affliction and wandering plagued my mind-- great bitterness and gall. Grieving, my soul thinks back; these thoughts cripple, and I sink down. Gaining hope, I remember and wait for this thought: How enduring is God's loyal love; the Eternal has inexhaustible compassion. Here they are, every morning new! Your faithfulness, God, is is broad as the day. Have courage, for the Eternal is all that I will need. My soul boasts, ' Hope in God; just wait. ' It is good. The Eternal One is good to those who expect Him, to those who seek Him wholeheartedly. It is good to wait quietly for the Eternal to make things right again." ~Lamentations 3:17-26 So often, the Christian life is preached as being one that makes people "h
just me, stepping out of the boat in faith, trying not to focus on the waves around me