Girl Who Grew Up On A Bus

  "We see the world through a lens of our own brokenness, which then distorts our perception of reality causing us to react to the stories we tell ourselves rather than the actual truth".   Can I just say it? Life is hard. I think we can all agree with that. Today's culture sends us conflicting messages about what is important, what kind of job we should have, how much money we should earn, how we should look, and the list goes on and on. It's confusing and just when we think we've reached the bar of worthiness, the standard changes and we are reminded that we can never live up to the expectations of society. In the eyes of the world, we are doomed for complete and utter failure from the moment we enter it. Ugh! No wonder there is so much brokenness in the world! Material things have become more important than quality time connecting with our children, we are willing to compromise our core values to get that next promotion, we rate our suc

We often wonder why bad things happen? Why do people get cancer and kidney disease? Why do children die? Why is there divorce and war and all those terrible things? This is a question that plagues many of us as we try to make sense of the world around us - as we seek truth and hope and purpose for our lives. Even as Christians, we sometimes find ourselves asking these same questions as we are not immune to pain and suffering. We experience sadness, grief and loss just like everyone else. It's so easy to choose faith and trust God when things are going well. But what do we do when things are hard? or when bad things happen? These are the defining moments of our faith. The sad truth is that when man experienced "the fall" (Genesis 3), sin came into the world; and when sin came into the world, it created a space for terrible things to happen to good people. The affect of sin does not discriminate between good people and bad people. We all have brokenness. We are al