It’s difficult to apprehend the agony of divorce in all its facets unless you’ve been through it yourself. Divorce brings a variety of painful experiences that most of us taste at one time or another in our lives, only the divorced person experiences them all at once. One of those is shame. Recently, a friend […]
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Meditation on Psalm 18
By David Tolbert on April 14, 2013 in Addiction Recovery, Christian Living, Divorce Recovery, Gospel
The other morning I read these verses from Psalm 18: 1I love you, Lord; you are my strength. 2The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my savior; my God is my rock, in whom I find protection. He is my shield, the power that saves me, and my place of safety. We don’t speak this way anymore, at least not in our everyday language. Sometimes the […]

Already Clean
By David Tolbert on April 4, 2013 in Addiction Recovery, Christian Living, Divorce Recovery, Gospel, Sanctification, Shame
“I don’t think God is very pleased with me right now.” This was the response of a friend when I asked if he was involved in fellowship with other men at his church. It was a strange response to a yes or no question. When I asked why, he replied “Because of the things I’ve […]