Categories Crossing Cultures Devotional hope Post author By Susan Lafferty Post date August 29, 2021 8 Comments on hope The one who speaks truth finds himself walled in. Weighed down. Worn out. No hope. Only the crooked path. And a deep pit. Face in the gravel. Affliction. With no end in sight. This. When he’s fearlessly made known God’s ways. And wept over the judgment of a disobedient people. Jeremiah laments. hope. image by Nasim Dadfar on Unsplash. Continue reading “hope”Share this:PocketPostEmailLike Loading... Tags affliction, Afghanistan, death, fear, grief, He is enough, He sees, His faithfulness, His mercies, hope, identity in Christ, Immanuel, Jeremiah, joy, lament, Lamentations 3:22-23, no hope, persecution, pray, Psalm 34:4-5, radiance of Christ, Redeemer, refuge, Remember, rescue, solid rock, steadfast love of the Lord, terror, the Most High
Categories Devotional Look for the living Post author By Susan Lafferty Post date March 28, 2021 10 Comments on Look for the living Early morning dark. Dawn, only a whisper in the air. We walk. Step by step. Following a road to the place of tombs and death. Slow in sorrow. Wrapped in the fog of grief. Not looking for the living among the dead. Empty tomb. Image by Pisit Heng on Unsplash. Continue reading “Look for the living”Share this:PocketPostEmailLike Loading... Tags crucifixion, death, John 11:25-26, joy, Luke 24:1-10, Luke 9:20-23, Mark 16:1-8, Matthew 28:8-10, pierced feet, Remember, Resurrected Christ, sorrow, the Resurrection, tomb, worship
Categories Memoir Loss Post author By Susan Lafferty Post date November 15, 2020 46 Comments on Loss Loss. The memory comes back. Distinct. Clear. From 1972. One hot, humid afternoon in Kediri, Indonesia. I’m just arriving at our home. After being away for high school a couple of months. In Jakarta. Standing outside. Reaching for the handle of the screen door. And suddenly a subconscious map surfaces. One I never knew was there. A map of presence. Home and those who belong in it. Without warning, the realization of deep loss hits. Full force. There’s an empty space on that map. The place where my sister Ann has always been. Grief. Tangible. Me with Momma and my new baby sister, Ann. Bangkok, Thailand. 1961. Continue reading “Loss”Share this:PocketPostEmailLike Loading... Tags 1 Corinthians 15:54-55, assurance, Baptist Hostel, Because He lives, comfort, death, grief, home, hope, John 14:1-6, joy, leukemia, loss, lymph-sarcoma, peace, Psalm-73, Scripture, sorrow, the Good Shepherd, truth