Wrestling Faith
by Susan E. Richardson …so I say, “My endurance has perished; so has my hope from the LORD.” Remember my affliction and my wanderings, the wormwood and the gall! My soul continually remembers it and is...
View ArticleGrounded in Love
By SUSAN E. RICHARDSON “I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray...
View ArticleFollowing the Shepherd
By Susan E.Richardson “He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young,” (Isaiah 40:11). “I am the good...
View ArticleNot Why? But Now What?
By SUSAN E. RICHARDSON “Look at the nations and watch—and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told,” (Habakkuk 1:5). “Why?” is...
View ArticleRecognizing Idolatry
By SUSAN E. RICHARDSON “Rebellion is as bad as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as bad as worshiping idols,” (1 Samuel 15:23). “Of course, we don’t have problems with idolatry these days,...
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Growing in the Dark
By SUSAN E. RICHARDSON “If I say, ‘Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,’ even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is...
View ArticleMoving Forward in Faith
By SUSAN E. RICHARDSON “Moses returned to the LORD and said, ‘O Lord, why have you brought trouble upon this people? Is this why you sent me? Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has...
View ArticleCHEWED PETUNIAS—Finding Space for Pain
“Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns,” (Matthew 14:13). Weak ankles have...
View ArticleCHEWED PETUNIAS—Broken or Shattered?
By Susan E. Richardson “O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering. The...
View ArticleCHEWED PETUNIAS—When Faith Fails
By Susan E. Richardson “For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation,...
View ArticleCHEWED PETUNIAS—Transforming Trauma
By Susan E. Richardson “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be...
View ArticleCHEWED PETUNIAS—Digging for the Roots
By Susan E. Richardson For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, and he has not hidden his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him. —Psalm 22:24, ESV About three...
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Courage to Speak
by SUSAN E. RICHARDSON “Therefore I will not keep silent; I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul” (Job 7:11). In 2008 I wrote an article called “And...
View ArticleThrowing Down Your Staff
Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, ‘The LORD did not appear to you’?” Then the LORD said to him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied. The LORD said,...
View ArticleBitter and Sweet
By Susan E. Richardson Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, ‘The LORD did not appear to you’?” Then the “How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to...
View ArticleWrestling Faith
by Susan E. Richardson …so I say, “My endurance has perished; so has my hope from the LORD.” Remember my affliction and my wanderings, the wormwood and the gall! My soul continually remembers it and is...
View ArticleGrounded in Love
By SUSAN E. RICHARDSON “I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray...
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