“I needed to decide if I would still worship God if he allowed Matt to lose his eye.”

“What if God doesn’t keep his promises?”

“Can I really take God at his word?”

“Each appointment brought fear, uncertainty and discouragement. Ann’s constant concern was, What if I have cancer?”

“God dramatically slew one monstrous opponent and then threw us into the arena against a stronger and more vicious foe.”

“God had not abandoned us. He was actively working behind the scenes, when I had no means or spirit to fight.”

“Joseph’s trials were unjust, inexplicable and heartrending. Yet Joseph knew God, and he knew that God had a plan.”

“We don’t know why God chose to deliver Peter from death and James through death. The text doesn’t say.”

“Quite frankly we are both tired of the race we have been asked to run.”

“I needed to decide if I would still worship God if he allowed Matt to lose his eye.”

“We are all tired of the stress.”