Taste and See
Pastor Kathy preached on Psalm 34 Saturday; in fact, she wrote her own blog about it this week. She talked a lot that night about God's goodness, and how he delivers you from fear and shame. It was a pivotal night for me. Earlier that day, I’d been crying out in desperation to the Lord. Several people in my life have died in the past 2 years, including my father, my grandmother, and a friend of almost 20 years. A week ago, I found out another close friend is battling a life-threatening disease. Although I was fighting for her in prayer and speaking life, I was having a faith crisis. It wasn’t that I didn’t have faith, but every time I prayed, all I saw were the faces of those who have died. Lying voices of guilt and responsibility had me completely twisted up inside. I was overwhelmed. Pastor Kathy spent time on verse 8, which says, “Taste and see that the LORD is good.” I was struck with the realization that it felt like all I’d been “eating” for months was death—I desper...