What about the “good” one?Dear Suzie,
I loved your devo on the prodigal child, but could you share some light of encouragement regarding those of us that keep the faith and who are trying continually to be obedient to the father? We suffer because we are neglected and in need of encouragement.
Not the prodigal child (more…)
But I’m the one who was hurt!Dear Suzie,
While I semi agree with your blog post yesterday, I don’t think you understand fully. What if you are the one who was hurt? Do you still have to step back to see the whole picture? What about the person who created the conflict in the first place? Don’t they have responsibility in this too?
An injured party
Dear friend, when a family member hurts my heart
Do you have a question about faith, family, or feelings? Let’s talk. Let’s pray together. Send your email to tseller@daretobelieve.org and mark it “Dear Friend”. Today a mom and mother-in-law responds to Friday’s post, Holiday Blues.
Dear Suzie,
After reading your devotional on family and holidays, I am right where you are. We have a young grandbaby that we rarely get to spend time with. Her mother is jealous of any relationship my son may have with us and finds every excuse imaginable to stay away from us. She only wants to share her time with her parents.
We have spoken in love with both of them, they only say that they don’t have time and are busy they both work. I work, but we always time we have for them. I have prayed and asked God to help me accept this, but I am so very depressed that things are this way .
Can you please pray for our family? I have told my husband I either just want to leave or not even live. It is so hurtful the way she treats us. Our son allows her to be the leader of their house. My husband has tried to talk to him alone, but to no avail. I am so lonely for the love of my son and his family. Our son lives only 15 minutes away.
Will you lift us up in your prayers and if you have any advice, please send it my way. Hurting mom and grandma. (more…)
dear friend
Dear Suzie,
What happens when we are like Joseph’s brothers and we have made that one decision unaware of how tragic the consequences could really be? The book (What Happens When Women Walk in Faith) talks about it from Joseph’s side but not his brothers’.
That one act has at times paralyzed me from moving forward not only from fear of more damaging consequences but also because of guilt though I know I am forgiven. It’s only been through baby steps that I’ve been able to experience true faith and God has been transforming me in every area of my life, but at the same time, this one wrong decision holds me back and keeps me from moving forward.
Even as I write this I feel the Lord saying, “Because you won’t let go”.
A.H. (more…)
Dear friend: I love the Lord, but…Dear Suzie,
I love the Lord and I sometimes, more often than I should, find myself allowing other things and people to get in my way of having a true relationship with Christ. I hope your team will be praying for me. Mary C.
Dear Mary, I love that you love the Lord. I do too, and it has absolutely transformed me and the direction of my life. But it has been a process. At first, all I knew was that I loved the Lord. But I resisted in many ways His hands on my life, because of lack of knowledge, because I didn’t realize God was shaping me even in those times when it seemed like He was taking away things from me. (more…)
Dear friend: Am I bad Christian?Dear Suzie,
Self-doubt has plagued me my entire life.. but that only makes me more frustrated because I have heard that once you are fully focused on Christ, you won’t ever have confidence issues.
This often leads me to doubt myself more – “Am I a bad Christian? What’s wrong with my relationship with Christ? Am I not reading my Bible enough, praying enough, although this monopolizes my time some days?
Alicia
