When You Wonder if God is Faithful and Good | Hosanna Revival

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When You Wonder if God is Faithful and Good | Hosanna Revival

I’m honored to be a guest contributor at Hosanna Revival | WHEN blog. You can find an excerpt below and click the link to read the full article.

When my father’s substance abuse could no longer be hidden, denied, or explained away, his public fall––unavoidable as a pastor in a small town––wasn’t even the most painful part of it all. It was the sorrow that happened behind closed doors in the hearts of my immediate family and within my own soul.

Shattered, broken, and questioning God’s love, goodness, and faithfulness, I sought Christian counseling. Nestled between two pillows, I slumped on the leather couch within the cozy surroundings of my counselor’s office when she prompted me to admit my struggle with seeing God as a faithful Father. 

I sat in my car in the counseling center parking lot after our session, bent over the steering wheel as tears formed puddles on my lap. Before turning on my car’s ignition, I sputtered a prayer that I….

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You Can Trust the Potter's Hand

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You Can Trust the Potter's Hand

“Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand.”

Jeremiah 18:6b NIV

I entered my first pottery class with nervous excitement. After carefully choosing a misshapen ball of moist clay, I heard the instructor’s directions, “You have to throw the clay hard onto the wheel to make it stick.” Hesitatingly, I dropped the clay and as soon as the wheel began to turn, the ball slid from side-to-side. It was unpliable in its present state. My foot released the pedal and the wheel slowly stopped. I reattempted my beginning. This time, I slung the clay onto the surface with force and made solid contact with the center of the wheel.

In Jeremiah, God describes Himself as the Potter and His people as the clay.

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