Kathy Troccoli ministers out of her pain and brokenness – which the Lord has healed and set her in a place where she can feel the pain of others and speak to their pain.  Compassion is not something you can generate, or work up, and true compassion comes from familiarity.  The Bible tells us in Isaiah 53 that Christ was familiar with all of our suffering – everything that we could know as suffering – He knew. That’s why His compassion is so strong for His people. He knows their frailties and their weaknesses. But He said He would be strong in our weakness (2 Corinthians 13:4) and He does not lie!

Kathy’s book, “Am I Not Still God?” is written out of her pain.  She says, “there are times in our lives that we feel like we’re on the mountaintop, I call them glimpses of Eden, because we were meant to be in the garden and we’re not in the garden.  But when you’re on the mountaintop, and I have been, you have to expect to not be there for long.  And I love the Lord so much for not lying to us.  He’s so faithful and true.  He said, you’re going to go through it in this life, you’re going to go through it but I will be with you.  I want to say… if you’re on the mountaintop, enjoy it, but most of life goes through those deep, deep places.  Continue reading →