If there’s anything in life which everyone would like to avoid, it’s suffering. Suffering is inevitably painful, disappointing, uncomfortable, humbling, and frustrating. But if there is anything which everyone knows about suffering, it is that ‘it’s not going anywhere.’ Continue reading “Living by God’s promises in affliction”
What to look for in a friend
A good friend is a rare treasure. There are some people we’re sure are trusted and dependable friends; but trouble comes and they abandon us. And there are others of whom we’re unsure who, in trouble, prove to be true to us. So what should we look for and avoid in making friends? Continue reading “What to look for in a friend”
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Are you unhappy?
I had a conversation yesterday with a friend regarding the perpetual unhappiness of everyone. He spoke of his children and how they want one more dress, one more pair of shoes, just one more. He even spoke of his millionaire friend who wants just one more million. Why is it that we’re never happy with what we have? Why is it that we always place happiness, not in what we have, but in the very thing we still lack? Continue reading “Are you unhappy?”
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Do you complain?
Why do we always complain when things don’t go the way we want them to or think they should? Is it because we infallibly know that something is wrong and God should fix it, or is it because we simply don’t believe that the way things fell out is the way they’re supposed to be, or is it because we simply don’t like the way things are? Continue reading “Do you complain?”
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The wrong fuel
Man persists to do life without God, to press on with life and leave Christianity out of the equation. One denies that God exists and takes life by the horns while another denies the God that is–the God of the Bible–the God of Christianity–and adopts a religion that offers a god more palatable to his liking. Either way, the determination is the same: to do life without God. But how does this work out? It doesn’t. It can’t. Continue reading “The wrong fuel”
