- Think about your life journey.
- Can you identify some “trials” or “fiery ordeals” that you have experienced?
- Looking back on those experiences:
- How did they affect how you felt at the time?
- How did they influence the direction or trajectory of your life?
- Peter Scazzero described moments in life when we hit “the wall.”
- Have you experienced a “wall” in your life?
- How did that season affect you—positively or negatively?
- In the story of Job, Satan attempts to use suffering to separate Job from God.
- Looking back at your own difficult experiences, how do you think those circumstances may have challenged or tested your faith?
- How have those difficult experiences shaped who you are today?
- Have they changed how you see God, yourself, or others?
- The Psalms show that crying out honestly to God is part of faith.
- Have you ever experienced a season of lament or crying out to God?
- What did that look like for you?
- Looking back now, where do you think God may have been present in that experience?
- How does it make you feel to consider the possibility that God may allow suffering while also working through it for growth or transformation?
- The raven does not understand the storms it flies through, yet it still lives under God’s care.
- How does that idea affect the way you think about the difficult seasons in your life?
Consider the Raven 