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Susan January 22, 2022

Who Is In Control?

Page 221 – The Bottle House Chaplain Miller stood while picking up the sky-blue bottle with Stefan’s name on it. “It’s clear that you hurt tremendously for your wife and your clients. God sees your pain, Stefan.” After a brief pause, he said, “There is something I want you to think about. Sometimes we give
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Susan January 19, 2022

God Cares About You

Page 200 – The Bottle House Chaplain Miller smiled. He glanced at the (red) bottle, then held her gaze. “Sometimes it’s hard to have faith that the God of all the universe would care about the lives of his children. When I have paused to consider this, it is an amazing thing that I, one
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Susan January 16, 2022

The Nature of Love

Page 199 – The Bottle House “God is who he is.” Chaplain Miller’s tone only held kindness, not judgment. “He is a God who loves us so completely that his actions or non-actions are always for our good. He loves you enough to die for you. As your baby grows and moves from your womb
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Susan January 13, 2022

The Difficulty of Faith

Page 199 – The Bottle House “Stacy, there’s never a time that God is not watchingover you and acting for your good. That’s not the difficultpart of our faith. It’s easier to trust God for a miracle inour lives, but it’s much more difficult to trust when thatmiracle does not arrive. That is the difficulty
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Susan January 10, 2022

Alone

Page 195 – The Bottle House “When a person has been badly hurt, one of the scariest things of all can happen, and that is feeling all alone. It doesn’t matter if you’ve caused the pain or if someone else has, feeling isolated is terrible.” Stefan’s throat tightened. He pictured the evenings he and his
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Susan January 7, 2022

Is God Good?

Page 187 – The Bottle House Stefan cleared his throat which was tightening from the tension and anger building in his body. “I knew he could have healed my Sophie, but he didn’t.” The severity of the accusation surprised Stefan, yet Chaplain Miller nodded his head in understanding. “What you’ve just said ultimately leads to
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Susan January 4, 2022

The Unpredictable

Page 186 – The Bottle House After a bit, Chaplain Miller shifted on the bench. “There is comfort in the predictable, but life has a way of interjecting some very unpredictable events.” Stefan nodded, saying nothing. “When the unpredictable happens, we can feel completely out of control. That’s a horrible feeling.” The chaplain looked up
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Susan January 1, 2022

Even Servants Need Rest

Page 179-180 – The Bottle House Chaplain Miller narrowed his eyes in concentration. “Yes, there are dozens of verses in the Bible about being a servant to others. We are, indeed, called to be servants of Christ, and that means, in part, that we minister to others. But when we take on so much we
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Susan December 29, 2021

The Downside of Compassion

Page 179 – The Bottle House Chaplain Miller clapped his hands. “You got it. Whena person is compassionate, he or she can give a valuablegift to those who are suffering.” He paused and clickedhis pen a few times. “It can feel comforting knowing thatsomeone else cares about what they do. The problemis, compassionate people sometimes
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Susan December 26, 2021

Compassion Defined

Page 178 – The Bottle House Debbie thought for a moment. “If I’m compassionate, it means I’m concerned about the difficulties another person is experiencing.” “Good. Compassion is a first cousin of empathy. Now tell me how being concerned with another’s difficulties is a strength.” “It means I’m not talking down to them but sitting
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