Sometimes long held beliefs are challenged. This is not necessarily a bad thing. If things are worth believing – if things are true – then they will withstand whatever challenges come up against them. Sometimes it is life circumstances that challenge – suffering in whatever form it takes can be a huge challenge to faith. […]
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Lamentations is a little book of the Bible that I have found enormously helpful. No matter how bad things get, God is still God, and therefore it is possible to hope. The following 5 poems are based on specific verses from Lamentations. In each case I shall list the verses first and then the poem […]
Difficulties in life can seem like mill stones round your neck. Some stones are precious. This poem was written in the midst of a several year long struggle with infertility. It was inspired largely by a book called ‘Hinds Feet on High Places’ and also by a Bible verse: “O afflicted city, lashed by storms […]
Precious Stones 