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Tag Archives: Loss
Hope large enough to overcome death
Where is there hope sufficiently encompassing to enable us to know that all our pain and suffering has not been in vain? Continue reading
Posted in Christian worldview, Death, Evil in the world, Fear of death, feeling hopeless, Hope?, Philosophy, Psychology, Scripture, Suffering, Worldview
Tagged Death, Hope, hopeless, Loss, Suffering, Worldview
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Remedy for a heavy heart
A heavy heart finds comfort and relief when we turn to the worship of praise. We have a great example of this from the disciple whom Jesus loved. Continue reading
Posted in Cross of Jesus, Death of Christ, discouraged, Discouragement, Fear of death, feeling hopeless, Grieving, Hope?, Jesus Christ, Joy, Praise, Sadness, Salvation
Tagged Discouragement, Fear, heavy heart, Loss, praise, Sadness
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Regrets and Bad memories
No matter the cause of your pain or who caused it, the healing process has common stages. Continue reading
Posted in 18 Year factor, Wisdom
Tagged bad memories, Childhood trauma, horrible upbringing, Loss
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Learning the ways of God
Is your trouble a sense of failure? The knowledge of having made some significant mistake? Go back to God; his restoring grace waits for you. Continue reading
Posted in Failure, God, God as Potter, God's Patience, God's control, God's Heart, God's Love, God's power, God's Will, Godly sorrow, Walking with God, Will of God, Wisdom
Tagged Failure, Forgiveness, Loss
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Seven purposes for pain
“God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pain: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world” (The Problem of Pain, C. S. Lewis). Continue reading
I will not remember your sins
You are living by the promise of I John 1:9 when you refuse to hold against yourself the sin God does not hold against you. Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Bitterness, Broken Relationships, Comfort, Confession, Conflict, Divorce, Elentics, Encouragement, Failure, Faith, Forgiveness, Freedom, God's Patience, God's Heart, God's Love, Godly sorrow, Gospel, Grace, Grieving, Guilt, Hope?
Tagged Confession, Doubt, Failure, Feeling guilty, Forgiveness, Loss
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Memorial to my Dad
I couldn’t believe that I might lose two of the men who had most influenced my life on the same day. My father lasted four days and passed away. Continue reading
Posted in Family life, Fathers, Life of a pastor, Personal thoughts
Tagged Death, Fathers, Loss
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God’s purposes in our trials
Perhaps he means to strengthen us in patience, good humor, compassion, humility, or meekness, by giving us some extra practice in exercising these graces under especially difficult conditions. Perhaps he has new lessons in… Continue reading
Posted in J. I. Packer, Suffering, Trials, Wisdom
Tagged Grief, J. I. Packer, Loss, Suffering, Trials
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When life hurts
Are you wrestling through dark nights of the soul concerning how God relates to the hardships of life? When bad things happen to us that we cannot directly control and that prayer will not immediately change… Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Bitterness, Broken Relationships, Christian worldview, Comfort, Crisis, Difficult people, Discipline, Discouragement, Divorce, Dysfunctional, Emotions, Evil in the world, God's control, God's Heart, God's Love, God's Protection, God's Will, Grace, Jealousy, Joseph's story, Pain, Problem of evil, Questioning God, Resurrection, Sadness, Seeking God, Sick, Slandered, Spiritual growth, Spiritual inventory, Spiritual transformation, Suffering, Trials, Wisdom
Tagged Hardships, Loss, Questioning God, Suffering, Trials
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Wisdom on suffering
“Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge” (Psalm 62:8). Dick Keyes “The Bible does not give us a quick and easy answer to why God allows evil to continue … Continue reading
Posted in Discouragement, Earthquakes, Eternal life, Evil in the world, Faith, Fear of death, Fear of God, God's Patience, God's control, God's Heart, God's Protection, God's Will, Grieving, Hope?, Hurricanes, Loss, Mistreated, Origin of Sin, Pain, Prison, Restoration, Sadness, Sovereignty, Spiritual transformation, Suffering, Suicide, Tornado, Trials, Tsunami, Violence, Weather, Will of God, Wisdom, Worldview
Tagged Death, Loss, Sadness, Sin, Suffering, Tornado, Where is God in tragedy?
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