Hannah McLaughlin > Recent Status Updates

“My hope isn’t that I won’t face suffering again. It’s a hope that no matter what I face, God will be there with me in it, working it for my good.”

“It is critical that I trust God, not my emotions, to lead me, but I must also honor what I am feeling.”

“God doesn’t call us to a life of comfort; that covers after this life. He calls us to a life of following Him over high mountains and through deep valleys. Not that we don’t find comfort in this life—we absolutely do! But we are meant to find it first in God, not in our circumstances.”

“When you’re in a place of grief or lingering depression, every day feels like climbing out of a pit of despair. The way out is not through your own strength, but through surrendering to God and allowing Him to lift you out.”

“When your pain and sorrow go deep, God’s love goes deeper. He will meet you there.”

“Whatever you are feeling, He can handle it—all of it. The tears, screams, questions, or silent thoughts—He invites you to share all of it with Him and let Him tend to your heart. God is not scared of your emotions.”

“What if the point of Job wasn’t why God allows suffering, but how God is present in our suffering?”

“Unfortunately, shame will hijack our peace and tag along for the ride when we try to bury it instead of bringing it to the cross.”

“Choosing to love difficult people doesn’t invalidate the pain you’ve suffered, nor does it require giving those who have harmed you access to you. But it does acknowledge the fact that those who have hurt us are likely carrying their own pain and are in need of the same mercy we have access to.”

“Here’s the thing about unfelt damage: it remains unrepaired.”

“To be seen by God is to be noticed and looked upon. He is El Roi, the God who sees us. To be known by God is to be fully understood, fully accepted, fully loved, and fully embraced as we are.”

“…my opinion doesn’t change the facts. God says I am worth it.”

“True self-love is acknowledging our imperfections and identifying ourselves as a redeemed people. Yes, we are loved ands accepted, but it’s not because we are inherently good or worthy. We’re imperfect and plagued by sin, but Christ is worthy.”

“You were created in God’s image, and your life is for his glory. And yes, even your weaknesses point to his strength, your wounds point to his ability to heal, and the ruins of your life point to his power to restore and redeem.”

“No matter what we do, we are His children, and He has chosen us. He pursues us.”

So far a well-written biblical historical fiction read that reflects the possible reactions of a 13 year old Hebrew girl and a 13 year old Egyptian girl to the Nile turning to blood.

“He stays with us in all our pain and suffering, in all our joy and laughter, just as we are—and in the same way, we are called to stay with others.”

“Immanuel means that Jesus isn’t just with us some of the time or in the right circumstances. It means He is with us in every breath and in every moment.”

“Real joy is knowing that because of the resurrection, no matter what life brings us, the end of the story is that everything will be set right.”

“Maybe through all the worry and anxiety in today’s world about what God wants us to do, we should start with the truth that He stays with us through every twist and turn.”