God Wants More of Us

March 31, 2016
50 Days
-Anna Courie READ 46:  …“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”….50:  And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. -Matthew 27:46, 50  REFLECT When I was diagnosed with cancer, my first thoughts paralleled Matthew 46.  I cried out in silence with words I could not voice, “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?”  I can identify with feeling utterly bereft, alone, lacking salvation, feeling unworthy, and questioning God’s intent.  My neat “to-do” list of “appropriate Christian behavior and morality” was shattered. Bad things happen to good people.  While I would never admit it to anyone, I kind of felt there was yardstick governing who was saved and not saved.  It made God’s grace very black and white when there is a list of those that meet the qualifications and those that do not.  As a Type-A individual, I...
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