Simple actions 2: God knows.

First published May 12, 2009and part of a 2009 Mother’s Day sermon.

“Every day, say to yourself, ‘Jesus knows what it’s like to be a mom.’”

That is the second of five doable actions that came out of a sermon onTitus 2:11-14.

One of the things that often stops us in prayer and belief is that we think that God can’t understand us. And I understand that concern. I frequently have a hard time asking something of someone who doesn’t understand, who has never had to face what I am facing.

We read that...