Longing for God Amidst Tears   There is so much mystery in suffering. What is not mysterious in the Bible is that suffering is where we often see God most clearly. Psalm 42 begins with the psalmist saying, “My soul thirsts for God, for the living God,” and then in the very next verse, “My tears have been my food day and night” (vv. 2-3). Then a couple verses later he talks about his soul being “cast down” and “in turmoil” (v. 5). The psalmist is crying his eyes [...]

  Will we remember our lives on earth when we’re in heaven?  You may wonder why we would even want to remember this life with all its pain and strife and sin?  What good could come of remembering our life on earth while we live in heaven? I think there is reason to believe that we will have memories of our life on earth when we’re in heaven, but it must be said clearly that this remembering will not be with any pain or regret or tears because those [...]