Aubrey Sampson

5 days ago | christianity.com | Aubrey Sampson

Have you ever felt irrationally angry about something that makes no sense? The kind of frustration where you can't let it go, even though logically you know your reaction is disproportionate? A few Thanksgivings ago, while my best friend battled cancer and my prayers for her healing seemed to hit an invisible ceiling, a mutual friend sent me a decorative gnome to lift my spirits. It was adorable—all beard, no eyes, and a tall pointy hat.

2 weeks ago | christianity.com | Aubrey Sampson

“What is grief if not love abruptly interrupted? For the past few nights, I have dreamt about Jenn. If you have known early grief yourself, you also know that it brings a slew of strange, vivid dreams. Last night I was the manager of some massive hotel. I wore an apron, then a business suit. Sometimes I was holding Jenn’s babies. At one point, I was holding all these babies, asking them what I should say at their mom’s funeral. “Don’t mention video games,” the babies said.

3 weeks ago | christianity.com | Aubrey Sampson

God, where are you? I have not been able to sense God’s presence with me for so long now. I have been asking this question repeatedly for months and months and months, and I am bone-weary from not hearing an answer. Spiritual dusk, the time of night after twilight, is when we first start to feel like the presence of God is hidden, veiled, pulled back for some unknown, frustrating reason. It’s not yet completely dark. There is still some light, though fading.

2 months ago | crosswalk.com | Aubrey Sampson

Proverbs 3: 24 tells us that “when we lie down our sleep will be sweet.”But what happens when it isn’t? What happens when your sleep is regularly interrupted by a snoring spouse, your partner’s restless leg syndrome, your husband’s sleep apnea, or your wife’s sleep schedule that is the total opposite of yours?

Aug 21, 2024 | christianity.com | Aubrey Sampson

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