Struggling to Believe God is Good When He Promises Pain
God is famous for a lot of things – but some of them are hard to swallow. In this episode, we unpack some scriptures that have difficult promises and our struggle with believing God is good even when he promises pain.
Believing God is Good Even When He Promises Pain
In this episode of the UnPerfect Podcast, You’ll hear some crazy behind-the-scenes stories from my son’s wedding and the wink God gave me the next morning in the depth of my exhaustion. But we’ll also be looking at some examples in scripture where God led his faithful children into hard. But their absence of immediate redemption did not mean God was absent in their pain.
Scriptures mentioned in Episode #56
- 1 Kings 19 – Elijah’s exhaustion
- Genesis 37-50 – Joseph’s Story
- 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 – Paul’s thorn in the flesh
- Hebrews 11 – Faithful Followers of God – some who go what they were promised – some who never saw it in their lifetime
Check out this blog on a similar topic, The Darker Promises of God.
Listen to Famous For below (Ahhhh! It’s so good)!
