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HAVE FAITH IN THE FIRE: Take a Lesson from Job

October 2, 2020 By Sarah Christmyer 5 Comments

have faith when you're in the fire. Image by Hans Braxmeier from Pixabay

“Hope in God.” “Have Faith.” “Hang in there — God’s got this!” For real? Are these phrases (which I hear so often now, with so much distress in the streets) — are these pious phrases just “opium for the masses,” as Karl Marx famously declared of religion? When I can’t get a break; when my […]

Filed Under: Scripture Reflection Tagged With: Hope, trials, trust

NO MATTER HOW BLACK THE PICTURE LOOKS: “BUT GOD!”

March 31, 2017 By Sarah Christmyer 4 Comments

A black pit with light coming in from a barred hole at the top and the words "... But God!"

I sat with my grandmother in the hospital toward the end of her life, miserable to think that she would soon be gone. As was typical with her, she was the one comforting me. At 22, I couldn’t imagine life after anybody’s death . . . but she could. “But God, Sarah,” she said. “…but God! No […]

Filed Under: Holidays and Holy Days, Scripture Reflection Tagged With: Lent, Lent/Easter, Resurrection, trials

WHEN YOUR CROSS IS HEAVY: Seek His Face!

March 10, 2017 By Sarah Christmyer 5 Comments

The winding narrow road to the top of Mt Tabor, Israel

The view from the Mount of Transfiguration (if it was, indeed, Mt. Tabor that Jesus was on that day) is spectacular. It’s a long, winding trip to the top. The road today is so narrow and crooked that only small taxi buses or people on foot make the trek. I like to imagine Peter, James, […]

Filed Under: Holidays and Holy Days, Scripture Reflection Tagged With: Lent/Easter, trials

SIX GO-TO VERSES WHEN WE ARE WEAK

February 11, 2017 By Sarah Christmyer 5 Comments

Today I need strength: Ephesians 6:10

I’ve never been so aware of my own weakness as the day Mark and I set out in a canoe, oblivious to the approaching storm. One minute the water was glass; the next it rose around us in hungry waves. For some reason I was in the power seat up front, while my husband had taken […]

Filed Under: Scripture Reflection Tagged With: strength, trials

GOD, I NEED HELP! — Psalm 61

November 27, 2016 By Sarah Christmyer Leave a Comment

hand in water, reachin up for help

I have never been fast, and even at four I knew I could never outrun a dog — let alone two big ones, as happened to be the case. They came charging across the lawn and all I could do was cry for help. Richie came out of nowhere and grabbed me, made me stand […]

Filed Under: Scripture Reflection Tagged With: trials

FINDING REFUGE IN THE PSALMS – Psalm 46 and 146

September 20, 2016 By Sarah Christmyer 5 Comments

hand in water, reachin up for help

I was at the home of a friend when the winds came, bending trees low to the ground and howling through the cracks, shaking the old house to its foundation. A large branch hit the house with a thud. A vase fell to the floor. My friend and I ran for the basement. Refuge! I […]

Filed Under: Scripture Reflection Tagged With: trials

CARING FOR PEARLS (Or, Turning Trials Into Things of Beauty)

August 26, 2016 By Sarah Christmyer 1 Comment

Talk about a “pearl of great price”! A Filipino fisherman this week revealed the unusual good-luck charm he’d kept hidden under his bed for ten years: a 75-pound pearl. No, that’s not a typo – his two-foot-long, fresh-water treasure weighs as much as your average 5th-grader. The extraordinary beauty of natural pearls comes from the […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: forgiveness, trials

WHEN IT FEELS LIKE GOD IS NOT THERE: WAIT! — Psalm 62

August 20, 2016 By Sarah Christmyer 2 Comments

hand in water, reachin up for help

Before our daughter could walk, I would set her on the floor on a blanket with a few toys while I did the dishes or dusted or opened the mail. She always played happily by herself – as long as I stayed within sight. If I stepped into the next room for even a minute: […]

Filed Under: Scripture Reflection Tagged With: God's love, trials

WHEN YOU’RE ANXIOUS AND TROUBLED: WHERE ARE YOUR EYES?

July 31, 2016 By Sarah Christmyer 7 Comments

spinning top

It was a crazy morning. I was racing around the house throwing clothes in the hamper, dishes in the dishwasher, trying to get it all done before going to work. My husband passed me on his way to daily mass and I exploded. How could he be going to mass?! Doesn’t he think I want […]

Filed Under: Discipleship, Scripture Reflection, Women of the Bible Tagged With: anxiety, trials

“HOW LONG, O LORD, HOW LONG?” – Psalm 13

July 8, 2016 By Sarah Christmyer 2 Comments

hand in water, reachin up for help

I remember the day it all got to be too much for me. Our house had finally sold after two years sitting empty, but that hardly made a difference. We sold at a loss, and my husband had been without work for months. There was no money in the bank. We had a toddler and […]

Filed Under: Prayer & Lectio Divina, Scripture Reflection Tagged With: trials

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Sarah Christmyer writes and speaks about Scripture and the Catholic faith with the goal of helping people meet Jesus in his Word. “The Bible isn’t just a book about God or instructions for a good life; it’s a place to meet God and be changed by him,” she says. Her love of Scripture fuels her writing of Bible studies and related books; her teaching of Philadelphia seminarians; her speaking at conferences and retreats; and writing for blogs such as this one. “Come Into the Word” draws people into the Bible and encourages and equips them to explore it on their own.

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