An Honest Look at a Mysterious Journey Quotes

“Just because we can’t see His hand, just because we can’t decipher His plan, doesn’t mean that He’s not at work. He’s the God who is always at work on our behalf, but He doesn’t owe us a play-by-play report of what He is doing.”
― John Stumbo, An Honest Look at a Mysterious Journey

“One of the most powerful ways God reveals His sovereignty is through timing. He could do what He does any moment He chooses. But there are instances when He—pardon the expression—“shows off” a little. Some of His acts are done at such a time that we have the assurance they are His doing.”
― John Stumbo, An Honest Look at a Mysterious Journey

“do I assume that if God doesn’t answer a prayer the moment I want Him to, He has said no to me?”
― John Stumbo, An Honest Look at a Mysterious Journey

“Sometimes we can believe for ourselves. Other times it helps to have others believe for us. Our faith can waver. Our “faith meter” can look like a Minnesota thermometer in January. Then someone comes along who has the faith to believe for us, and the warming breeze begins to thaw our hearts. If you don’t have the faith to see your way through your current crises, hang around people who do. Some of these people can be found in books—read the biography of a saint such as Hudson Taylor or countless others who have walked the road before us. Others of you are in a place where you can come alongside and believe for someone else who is faltering in faith right now. Don’t be shy in expressing your God-confidence when theirs is wearing thin. Don’t be obnoxious about it, but buoy them up with your belief that God is in this trial and He is good. This is a significant ministry. Don’t underestimate it. The gift cards sit in my drawer, but when I see them they are a statement to me: Someone believes that a better day is coming. Maybe I can keep believing for another day as well.”
― John Stumbo, An Honest Look at a Mysterious Journey

“Much of American theology celebrates the Christ of healing but doesn’t know what to do with the Christ of suffering. We honor Christ our Healer, and honor Him we should! We should also honor Christ our Sufferer.”
― John Stumbo, An Honest Look at a Mysterious Journey

“Words processed only by our heads, words that come through the eye or ear gates but only go a few inches farther, don’t change us. It is the words that somehow arise within our spirit and then move into our soul and mind that change us.”
― John Stumbo, An Honest Look at a Mysterious Journey

“I’ve come to believe that my experience is a common one. While our own faith is being hammered, pulverized, shredded, or threatened to its very core, we have others around us who keep believing for us. Hear me: It’s okay to latch onto their faith when you seem to have little left of your own.”
― John Stumbo, An Honest Look at a Mysterious Journey

“Ignorance of our future is a form of God’s grace. Few of us would be able to fully embrace today if we knew what tomorrow held.”
― John Stumbo, An Honest Look at a Mysterious Journey