Category: Tim Challies

To live is to experience trouble. There is no path through this life that does not lead through at least some kind of difficulty, sorrow, or trial—and often through a cornucopia of them. This being the case, we rightly wonder: What does trouble do? Though we may not see an answer in the immediate circumstances of our lives, we can begin to put one together as we look at the lives of other believers.See AlsoWhat a New Day and New Month Will BringGod Means To Make Something Of UsWhen “All Things” Don’t Feel So Good

When we pray to God and bring our petitions before him, and then say in earnest “thy will be done,” how should we expect God to respond? Is asking God to overrule our will with his own admitting that he may actually bring us harm?See AlsoLet the Lord ChooseThe Prosperity Gospel We Sometimes All Believe InWhen Should You Stop Praying?

I can’t even tell you how brave she has been, how resilient, and how determined. The Lord alone knows all the ways she has had to exercise her faith and submit her will to his. But she has. She has, and it has been a blessing and an honor to behold. We come again to Mother’s Day, the twenty-fifth since Nick was born and she became a mother, the fifth since Nick was taken and she was bereaved. Mother’s Day changed in that moment. It is still a day of joy, of course, but that joy is now mixed with sorrow. It is a day of gratitude for the blessing of being a mother not just once but three times over, but it is also a day of lament that one has been called away. Now only two can be there to hand her a card, to give her a hug, and to wish her a happy day. One is always conspicuous by his absence. But she doesn’t allow herself to sink into her grief and become incapacitated by it. She has just one life to live and only the present moment to live it. She has determined she will not allow the sorrow of the sorrows to overwhelm the joy of the joys. That is harder to do on Mother’s Day than most of the other days of the year. Yet I know she doesn’t want anyone to feel bad for her. I know she will refuse any inner temptation to sink into self-pity.…See AlsoThe Futility of MotherhoodA La Carte (December 9)A Faithful Mother’s Love

A little while ago, the Bank of Canada became concerned about the amount of counterfeit currency circulating within the country. They began to educate the population with a short and simple mantra: “Touch, tilt, look at, look through.” These are four simple tests that can quickly show a bill to be genuine or counterfeit.See AlsoA La Carte (10/19)Counterfeit Detection (Part 2)Counterfeit Detection (Part 1)