1. The imprecatory psalms are like release valves for hurting souls. Their stanzas are God-given spaces in which we can bear our soul’s torment.
  2. For all mankind, the answer is terrifically simple and remains the same: God wants to turn us towards the cross and then turn us back to our neighbors.
  3. It turns out that when Elijah battled depression, God sent someone to just be with him. To comfort him.
  4. The reason the mind is endlessly troubled about God predestining everything is the vague generalization. Generalizations are cold as ice, without the warm Christ.
  5. What is it, though, that makes bedtime so fraught with anxiety?
  6. For those of us who recognize the disciples’ despair in ourselves, Jesus comes with the same word: “Relax, it’s me. Peace be with you.”
  7. Jesus offers to the anxious soul the one thing it ironically wants: certainty of the good.
  8. Whoever your president is, you have a King. A King who elected you.
  9. This earth is not the place where your promise is to be found. Rejoice because the kingdom of God comes to you!
  10. This prayer expresses the feeling of separation and the resulting distress from feeling like we are abandoned.
  11. Understanding that I am completely free in Christ allows me to read the injunction to “love my neighbor as myself” as a promise instead of a threat.
  12. Solomon did not write Ecclesiastes to bum you out. He wrote it to set you free.
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