Trials test the will I still [_____] in us.

Trials test the “will I still believe God is good?” in us. Trials test the “will I still trust that God is who He says He is?” and the “will I still follow Him when I can’t see how I could possibly take the next step?” in us. Trials test the “even if the worst thing I can imagine happens, will I still choose to praise God?” in us.

Joy in the Hard Things, Bible StudyBecky BennettSeptember 13, 2019Trials, Faith, Suffering, TrustComment

Give a girl the right shoes...

The last time heels graced my feet, I ended up with a rolled ankle that changed my life forever…

Pain helped me learn how to let go.

Sometimes, we hide our pain. Try to pretend it’s as non-existent as it is invisible. But too often, when we have spent time hurting, it becomes scarier for us to tell the world if we’re having a day when we actually feel good. Because, what if we end up feeling the hurt all over again tomorrow? Will people understand? How will we explain? What will people think of us then?

Inspiration, Joy in the Hard ThingsBecky BennettDecember 31, 2016Fear, Resolutions, CRPS, Workout, Choosing Joy Comments

You don't have to stop moving to be still.

Do you struggle to find stillness and to walk in peace when your "plans for rest" get interrupted, the way I do? I'm learning that the peace of God doesn't depend on a perfectly-laid-out schedule. Rest in my soul doesn't depend on our circumstances.

Joy in the Hard Things, To Choose JoyBecky BennettNovember 12, 2016Peace, Rest, Be stillComment

3 Questions to Ask When You're Afraid

Today is a big day with this election in full swing. There have been a lot of what-if's going around. But I have three questions for you to ask yourself whenever you're face-to-face with fear.

Joy in the Hard Things, Bible StudyBecky BennettNovember 8, 2016Fear, Election, Questions, Trust, Faith, CircumstancesComment

Revisiting the Diagnosis

I know that you're not unfamiliar with pain. Because it comes with the territory of the soil we walk on. None of us avoids suffering in this life. But God sees you, wherever you are, wherever you've been, and wherever you will go. He knows just what you need, and He is strong to save. Nothing you walk through is outside of His reach, and none of it is for nothing. He makes beautiful things out of the ashes in our broken lives.

CRPS, Joy in the Hard ThingsBecky BennettNovember 6, 2016Diagnosis, CRPS, Looking Back, Choosing Joy Comment

7 Tools for Choosing Joy Regardless of Your Circumstances

God doesn't change when my circumstances change. What refreshing truth. That I can cling to His Word when my life shifts, when my body fails, or when my heart breaks. Because God's character and His ways are constant. Could you use that truth? Today, I'm sharing 7 tools for choosing joy regardless of your circumstances.

Your next brave step.

...it’s not our strength that defines perseverance. I think perseverance looks a lot more like the ability to keep on taking the next step and trusting God to hold you up. The kind of trust that lets you walk on water, staring straight at Jesus, knowing that He is the source of your strength.

Joy in the Hard ThingsBecky BennettOctober 14, 2016Perseverance, Strength in Weakness, Strength, HiddenComment

You can't do it alone.

...sometimes I wonder what might have happened if I had tried to keep my suffering to myself. If we had tried to do life independently and stayed away from people so not to be "a burden" to anyone. If I had tried not to ask for help when I needed it. If I hadn't stepped out (before I lost my footing to a merciless disease), and gotten involved with a community of people.