A little over a month ago I wrote a post called “Victims Cannot Heal.” I received a number of comments about it and didn’t discover until quite a long ways into fielding those comments that they were not actually about the post itself, but about the title. When I realized this, and the numbers of […]
Victims Cannot Heal
I read this passage today and noticed that the king was talking with his young son and warning him against falling into grievous sin. He said, My son, keep my words, And treasure my commands within you. Keep my commands and live, And my law as the apple of your eye. Bind them on your fingers; Write them […]
Daddy is Having a Difficult Time With his Anger
Hi Dr. Lawyer, My husband is an angry man. When we hear his car in the driveway, after work, the whole home goes into combat mode. Everyone does everything they can to avoid contact with Dad because he is going to be in a “mood” and it isn’t a good thing to get in his […]
Painting the Submarine Black
Dear Pastor Mike, How does something like this fit into God’s intricate plan for the world? How does the brutal death of this little girl build God’s Kingdom on Earth? If He doesn’t care enough about her to save her, then why should He care about any of us? Serious question. Hi Serious, Several […]
Discovering Anger
Pastor Mike, My friends and family all tell me that I’m bitter and always angry. I agree, but they tell me to “just stop it!” And I can’t. I get angry because people say and do mean things to me. Of course I get angry, wouldn’t you? At the same time I know that the […]
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Bitterness and Simple Faith
She realized her seething hatred was just as heinous, just as nauseating as the sins committed against her. She was no better than her parents. As surely as her father thrust himself on her, she had in her imagination, thrust a knife, with hot fury, into his chest. Glenda could have easily been the one […]
Asking for a Better Solution
The rest of the passage was equally helpful. “In everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” At a time in my life when I was struggling with worry, I decided that Paul must have meant that I could ask God for a better solution to the problem […]
Only the Tip
Dear Kim and George, I was thinking about our time together yesterday and it occurred to me that I didn’t address something that you both referenced in your forms—the big fight of a few weeks ago. You both mentioned that it had escalated to the point of punching and some pretty serious physicality. I’m sorry […]