Resentment. Anger. Insult. If you’ve been offended by someone, you’re familiar with these feelings. The pain has broken your spirit. The negative effect in your life doesn’t seem to go away. God makes it clear; offense will come. ("...offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!" Luke 17:1KJV)

"What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them,'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!' I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance. (NKJV Luke 15:4-7)

Are you going through a very hard time in your life that feels like a storm? Do you feel trapped? Are you faced with questions and cannot seem to find the answers? Are you franticly trying to work it all out by yourself, and wondering when it will all subside or end? Don’t let go. Help is near!

It’s easy to look to God with a paint brush of blame instead of approaching him with humility and helplessness. In our reveling of life we forget about God.