Miranda Willis > Recent Status Updates

“The truth that God is for you and not against you matters greatly.”

“See, your God has just told you that even though you walk through the valley of the shadow of death, you don’t need to fear any evil. Did you catch the operative word in this sentence: through? Your Shepherd didn’t just say you’re going to the valley. He said you are going through the valley. In other words—you are going to make it.”

“in redemption, death always proceeds resurrection. The cross always comes before the crown.”

“We must never interpret God’s character by our circumstances. We must instead interpret our circumstances by God’s character.”

“We must submit our lives to God’s good and mysterious providence”

“The Psalms put words to the deepest feelings of our heart — and even teach us how to sing those feelings back to God himself”

“Many times in the Christian life, God answers our cries not by explaining his providence but by giving us a deeper understanding of his person.”

“God placed psalms of lament in scripture so that we could all learn how to cry to the Lord in our sadness and grief together.”

“God placed psalms of lament, like this one [Psalm 88] in scripture so that we could all learn how to cry to the Lord in our sadness and grief together.”