Articles on Secular-topics:emotions/joy

5 Things My Cat Taught Me About God

If we have such strong emotions and love for our pets, then we can be sure that they’re just a small shadow of the infinitely greater love that God has for us.

5 More Things My Cat Taught Me About God

I’m always so amazed at how much God can teach us through the most ordinary things in our lives. For me lately, it’s been my cat, Boots.

When You Feel Like Joy Is Out of Reach

"I grew up thinking I had to be a certain way or get to a certain point for someone to love me. At the beginning of my senior year at a retreat for Cru, I learned God loves me exactly the way I am."

How to Find God in a Painful Life

The book of Job illustrates how we can relate to God when we suffer.

Her Decision to Die

The news of 29-year-old Brittany Maynard’s death flooded news outlets earlier this month. But did Brittany miss something that others facing suffering find?

5 Things My Cat Taught Me About God

If we have such strong emotions and love for our pets, then we can be sure that they’re just a small shadow of the infinitely greater love that God has for us. Keywords: love, spiritual growth, joy, cats, pets, life

Choosing to Trust God in the Unknown

How do you respond when suffering enters your world and changes everything? Learn how one woman’s pain became a gift of purpose and joy.

Advent Devotional

Advent Devotional for December 4 - Blue Christmas.

When You Need to Be Invisible

Umpires need to be invisible. Yet God can redeem our work even if others don’t notice or affirm us. There are parallels between working in anonymity like an umpire and serving in God’s kingdom.

We Are Jars of Clay

This collection of spoken and written reflections on life, finding joy in suffering, and our conquering Savior, will inspire you to proclaim Jesus as Lord in any and every circumstance.

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