CHRISTIE MICHAUD BLOG

You don’t hear much about suffering. It’s painful, not pretty, and to be avoided at all costs. And when you’re past it, you don’t want to be reminded of it for fear it will return. Somewhere along the way, we've developed a misconception that the Christian life is all roses and butterflies (devoid of suffering), and if this is not your experience, then you must be doing something wrong, or maybe, you’re not even a part of the family. Thankfully, we have Job, Paul, and Stephen

There was only delayed hope. I knew and trusted this verse, but deeper reflection revealed I was still clinging to my good being what’s good.

A good word in poem form from Max Lucado, Anxious for Nothing. Today, I will live today. Yesterday has passed. Tomorrow is not yet. I’m left with the Today.   So, Today, I will live Today. Relive yesterday? No. I will learn from it. I will seek mercy for it. I will take joy in it. But I won’t live in it. The sun has set on yesterday.   The sun has yet to rise on tomorrow. Worry about the future? To what gain? It deserves a glance, nothing more. I can’t change tomorrow until t

You don’t hear much about suffering. It’s painful, not pretty, and to be avoided at all costs. And when you’re past it, you don’t want to be reminded of it for fear it will return. Somewhere along the way, we've developed a misconception that the Christian life is all roses and butterflies (devoid of suffering), and if this is not your experience, then you must be doing something wrong, or maybe, you’re not even a part of the family. Thankfully, we have Job, Paul, and Stephen

If you're still breathing, then you've made it through hard things. Take a moment and remember what you've made it through. Maybe this hard thing seems bigger than any you've gone through before. No matter what, you have made it through hard things, therefore, you can do hard things.

What if the “get up” Jesus is speaking of is to “pick up your mat” and the faith produced from that action will lead to walking (more faith and becoming well)?