K. Howard Joslin, Honest Wrestling: Questions Of Faith When Attacked By Life Quotes

That morning set in motion a series of events that caused me to wrestle with questions of God’s goodness.

Each appointment brought fear, uncertainty and discouragement. Ann’s constant concern was, What if I have cancer?

God dramatically slew one monstrous opponent and then threw us into the arena against a stronger and more vicious foe.

God had not abandoned us. He was actively working behind the scenes, when I had no means or spirit to fight.

Joseph’s trials were unjust, inexplicable and heartrending. Yet Joseph knew God, and he knew that God had a plan.

We don’t know why God chose to deliver Peter from death and James through death. The text doesn’t say.

Quite frankly we are both tired of the race we have been asked to run.

I needed to decide if I would still worship God if he allowed Matt to lose his eye.

We are all tired of the stress.

Ann: What if there is no God? What if the Bible isn’t true?

Don’t ever discount the cry of your heart. God may be working in your heart to bring about his sovereign plan.

Ann: How does God’s character fit into things that seem totally against his character?

Breaking a sweat through our difficulties minimized the likelihood of a crippling injury to our faith.

Ann: You didn’t cause my miscarriages. But you are committed to transforming me to be like you.

Because Ann learned to trust God fifteen years ago, she is able to trust God now with an even more difficult situation.

Their prayers impacted the outcome of the fight.

We don’t know the final outcome, or even know how long the battle will last, but we do know the referee.

I have no guarantee that God will choose to heal Ann, but I know he wants me to pray to that end.

DeeDee had to have a firm grasp on reality. Yet she knew God was bigger than a pathology report. So she prayed.

Ann prayed because of a gut-wrenching, throbbing pain in her soul. She urgently begged the Lord for her life.