When the World Shakes: Anchoring Your Soul in the Unchanging Goodness of God If you feel like the ground beneath you has been vibrating lately, you are not alone. As we close out 2025 and look toward 2026, the prevailing cultural mood isn't one of optimistic resolution—it’s one of low-grade anxiety. We see it in global instability, we feel it in the deep divisions fracturing major church denominations, and we experience it in the economic and personal pressures of daily life. The writer of Hebrews spoke of a time when God would "shake not only the earth but also the heavens," so that "what cannot be shaken may remain" (Hebrews 12:26-27). It feels like we are living through a great shaking right now. In times like these, the most difficult—yet most vital—question a Christian can ask is: Is God still good? The world’s answer is "no." The skeptic’s answer is "if He is, He isn't very competent." But the biblical answer is a resounding ...
In the heart, a tempest swirls, a fiery tide,
Anger roars, a tempest deep inside.
It burns like a wildfire, untamed and wild,
A tempest of emotions, a storm compiled.
Red-hot flashes, like lightning's fierce strike,
In anger's grip, reason takes a hike.
A raging sea, turbulent and vast,
Anger's hold is strong, it won't be surpassed.
But in this storm, there's a lesson to learn,
To harness the tempest, to tame and discern.
For anger, though fierce, can teach us the way,
To grow, to evolve, to find a brighter day.
So let it remind us, in its fiery dance,
That anger, too, deserves a chance.
To guide us toward a place of peace,
Where anger's storm, one day, will cease.
