Category Archives: Trials

Lead us not into temptation?

Posted on March 19, 2023 by Wisdomforlife

Is there a difference between trials and temptations? Continue reading →

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An excellet article!

Posted on March 6, 2023 by Wisdomforlife

I’ve learned a lot about grief. I have seen how it attacks meaning and motivation. Grief creeps up and seizes a moment, an hour, an afternoon. I think it’s going to be like this for a while. Continue reading →

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Nature’s wonders follow the plow

Posted on February 11, 2023 by Wisdomforlife

Are you safe and undisturbed, living lazily in the sunshine – the picture of sleepy contentment? Continue reading →

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Understanding trials

Posted on February 5, 2023 by Wisdomforlife

Prepared for the tough parts of the journey.  Continue reading →

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Trials of many kinds

Posted on February 4, 2023 by Wisdomforlife

A series on the book of James that lasted one year. Continue reading →

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The outcome of our suffering

Posted on January 16, 2023 by Wisdomforlife

Sometimes we are not sure of all the purposes involved in our suffering. I am encouraged by the hope that the outcome would be a display of… Continue reading →

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Wisdom for trials and suffering

Posted on January 12, 2023 by Wisdomforlife

“He knows the way he takes,” even if for the moment we do not. Perhaps God is preparing us for forms of service of which at present we have no inkling. Continue reading →

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Go easy on me

Posted on January 10, 2023 by Wisdomforlife

Looking back, I see ways I should have gone easier on others by better understanding painful parts of their past. I think we call this showing mercy and God provides the best example for us. Continue reading →

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Life is often a winding and troubled road

Posted on December 26, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

The point of many biblical stories is to help us feel in our bones (not just know in our heads) that God is for us in strange turns of life. Continue reading →

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Not always Wonderful, Great, and Amazing

Posted on November 26, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

Have we created a Christian culture that encourages expectations of uninterrupted happiness? Are we comfortable with being uncomfortable? Can we accept the fact that it sometimes doesn’t feel good to be a Christian? Continue reading →

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