Have you ever felt a disconnect between what you believe and what you experience? I was speaking to someone recently who was wrestling with that disconnect. She was in a season of suffering and said something along the lines of, \u201cI am reading the Bible every day. It\u2019s where I\u2019m turning. But when I come across promises of his presence and his peace, it\u2019s so frustrating. That\u2019s not my experience at all\u2014just the opposite. God seems silent. Why don\u2019t his promises touch down in the places I really need them to?\u201d <\/p>\n
My counselee\u2019s experience is a common one. Sometimes it\u2019s referred to as the distance between our head and our heart: we believe the right things about God (head) but we don\u2019t experience them to be true in our personal lives (heart). It might also be described as the difference between our confessional theology and functional theology. We take God at his word but struggle to know how his truths make a difference in life lived. Most Christians feel this way at some point or another; it may be a fleeting struggle or one that stretches out over seasons of our lives. And like my counselee, we often feel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Have you ever felt a disconnect between what you believe and what you experience? I was speaking to someone recently [\u2026]
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