Tag: suffering
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Seasons Of Famine
During a physical famine, food, which is something we’re used to having every day, becomes so scarce that there may not be any at all. But there are other kinds of deprivation. What kind of famine have you endured?
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Feast or Famine… Or Fast?
I’m afraid most of us tend to feel deprived when we fast, abandoned when we go through “famine,” and guilty when we feast (or rest). Why is that?
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When God Seems Unjust
Therefore the LORD will wait, that He may be gracious to you;And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you.For the LORD is a God of justice;Blessed are all those who wait for Him. Isaiah 30:18 Last time I wrote about the idea of seeking God’s help rather than standing on…
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God’s Way Is Always Best
God has defined His way for us in many areas: the family, the church, how to be saved, how to treat our enemies, etc. Yet we do so many things in violation of God’s established plans; then we wonder why life is full of trouble.
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Carrying On When We Don’t Understand
We can always think of some tragedy horrible enough that it just doesn’t seem fair for God to allow Satan to take it that far.
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Faith As A Mustard Seed
With predators you don’t have to win; you just have to be more trouble than you’re worth.
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Letting Go Of Injustice
Until we learn to let the little things go, we have no hope of learning to move on from the greater grievances of this life.
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We’re Not In Paradise Anymore, Toto
You probably remember that scene when Dorothy looks around at the Land of Oz and says, “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” We human beings are in a similar situation.
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Fear Of Fire
When I was a girl, maybe 6 or 7 years old, the house behind ours caught fire in the middle of the night. Our whole family got out of bed and watched it from our sliding glass door. We knew the neighbors were safe, but I still cried because I was afraid the fire would…
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How God Plays Favorites
One of the most moving poems you’ll ever read is “Charge of the Light Brigade” by Tennyson. It memorializes the bravery of six hundred English soldiers who, because of poorly communicated orders, went up against a horde of Russians with no hope of victory at the Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War in 1854.