Photo by Mateus Campos Felipe on Unsplash The story of David and Goliath is a best seller as far as Old Testament stories go. It has all the adventure and suspense of a thriller and has kept Sunday School classes captivated for many years. Cartoons and animations have appealed to audiences of children [...]
If God chooses to get glory in sustaining a child with chronic illness or disability, rather than by removing the condition, that is His prerogative and we should rejoice in it. Removing it may make life easier, more pleasant and comfortable for the family. But God does not exist for our happiness—we exist for his glory. God forms babies in the womb that will cause us to fear Him, reverence Him and stand in awe of Him.
The suffering of children has been on my mind to varying degrees and at different periods for the past decade. I’ve had to deal with suffering children as a parent, as a pastor, as a pastor-parent combination (I’ll explain that in a later post), and now in the orphanage connected with my work in rural [...]