부부 사랑은 함께 웃는 것입니다.
J. I. Packer on the Surprise Blessing of Trials MARCH 28, 2022 | JEREMY LINNEMAN © Lightstock SHARE TWEET EMAIL Advertise on TGC MORE BY JEREMY LINNEMAN How COVID Has Affected Our Friendships—and What to Do About It We’re Hurt, and Healed, in Community Want Real Self-Help? Cultivate Humility with Andrew Murray Why Prayer Often Feels Impossible If God Can Show Up in Bethlehem . . . I remember where I was when I read these words by the late theologian J. I. Packer: “A certain type of ministry of the gospel is cruel . It doesn’t mean to be, but it is.” What is the cruel sort of ministry Packer had in mind? His answer would haunt me. I was going through a particularly hard season of depression and had been suffering from chronic illness. It was a season of trial and discouragement that had lasted far too long—or so I thought. I’d prayed. I’d talked with wise counselors. I’d prayed more. But this difficult season was unrelenting, and my spirit wasn’t lif...