"The fact is, until we stop doubting God's goodness, we can't experience God's love".
"Time and time again, over the course of history, agnosticism and atheism have fallen before the bedrock belief: God is. In our lifetime, we've seen a century of atheistic unbelief crumble along with the Soviet Union and the Berlin Wall. Contrary to Communist prediction, belief in God has definitely not died. In fact, the rise of atheistic states in the twentieth century did little except spur the growth of religion.
Since atheism has been less than effective, S---n has returned to another lie in his bag of tricks. If he can't make us doubt God's existence, S---n will do his best to make us doubt God's love. After he has distracted us...after he has discouraged us, S----'s final tactic is disillusionment and doubt.
"You're on your own, baby", he whispers to our loneliness. "See? God doesn't really care, or he would have shown up by now".
Nothing could be further from the truth, of course. (...) He [God] longs to trade the flimsy blankets of our own self-sufficiency for his all-sufficiency".
(From Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World: Finding Intimacy With God in the Busyness of Life (Revised Edition with New Bible Study)
)How many years I have spent looking for answers, rejecting the power of God, searching for my own strengths. Perhaps it was God who allowed me to do so , so that I may appreciate His gifts more...so that I know that all along He is my strength.
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