Discount Personal Feelings

Tim Challies offers us a quote from Jim Andrew’s Polishing God’s Monuments.

New Book

Does Grace Grow Best in Winter? by Ligon Duncan

Suffering and What's Important

Suffering has a way of reminding us which things in life really matter, forcing us to depend radically on God, and thus purifying our obedience to God's will.

--Craig Keener, The NIV Application Commentary: Revelation

Blog for chronic pain sufferers

Shauna's Life In Pain And Other Fun Things

Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trials

Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trials

God is good

Arguing about why bad things happen to good people.

Secrets of Contentment

Secrets of Contentment by John MacArthur

William Cowper Bio

Here is a short video of a bio of William Cowper:
William Cowper Bio

Sermon Audio

Restless, Moaning, Pained and Horrified by Russ Sukhia

How Should We Pray When We Suffer?

How Should We Pray When We Suffer? at Resurgence

Suffering, Grace and Joy

A post on my other blog. (Don't tell anyone it's me.)

I haven't written anything personal for quite a while. I hope it blesses somebody out there.

Book: A Shelter in the Time of Storm

A Shelter in the Time of Storm: Meditations on God and Trouble

See the video and sample pages.

Passion in the pulpit, prayer and conversation

Let the River Run Deep

Habakkuk's God

Faith-based Religion: The Example of Habakkuk

The last part of this post is most related to this blog but please read the whole thing if you have time.

How to Pray for Joni Eareckson Tada

How to Pray for Joni Eareckson Tada

Suffering for the Sake of the Body

Suffering for the Sake of the Body, Part 1

Worshipping a God who “lets you drop,” who lets you get hurt

Interview with Tim Stoner 2: Longing for the Untamable God

Trevin Wax: You write about worshipping a God who “lets you drop,” who lets you get hurt. How does this view of God counter the popular belief that “God is always there for me”?

Timothy Stoner: God is not safe; nor can He be manipulated. He is perfect in His wisdom and love and knows much better than we what we really need. And He is not averse to allowing/causing pain, struggle and disappointments that He knows are essential for our maturation, growth, refinement and strengthening.

He tells us that He is like a gardener who will not let sympathy for his plants dissuade Him from trimming or cutting off (sometimes ruthlessly) branches that are unproductive or that are preventing maximum fruit bearing.

Because of our inveterate selfishness and idolatry it is not unusual for God to orchestrate deep suffering that we might learn to draw our comfort from Him alone and to shape us into vessels filled with comfort for others.

God is always there for me only in the sense that He is working all things: pain, sorrow, loss, sickness, defeat, sins and successes, together for my maximum good and His ultimate glory.

When we suffer...

Will There Also Be Faith?

See others here.

The Mystery of Iniquity

Right Now Counts Forever by R.C. Sproul

One thing we know for sure is that evil does exist. It exists, if nowhere else, in us and in our behavior. We know that the force of evil is extraordinary and brings great pain and suffering into the world. We also know that God is sovereign over it and in His sovereignty will not allow evil to have the last word. Evil always and ever serves the ultimate best interest of God Himself.

Institute for Nouthetic Studies Blog

Institute for Nouthetic Studies Blog - Jay Adams

Jay Adams Biography

What is Nouthetic Counseling?

I like this one:
Elijah’s “Depression”