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Tag Archives: suffering
I’ve Looked at Clouds that Way
There are clouds in human life, shadowing, refreshing, and sometimes draping it in blackness of night; but there is never a cloud without its bright light. “I do set my bow in the cloud!” If we could see the … Continue reading
Posted in Devotional Thoughts
Tagged comfort, devotion, faith, seated with Christ, shadows, sorrow, suffering, trouble, trust
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Cutting Up
This summer, a group of women at my church are meeting to study the Psalms of Ascent. We are using Beth Moore’s study “Stepping Up” as our guide. As we consider each psalm, she asks us to write our own … Continue reading
Posted in Journal
Tagged Beth Moore, captive, hurt, psalms, set free, Stepping Up, suffering
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Joseph’s Coat
Meanwhile Jacob had settled down where his father had lived, the land of Canaan. 2 This is the story of Jacob. The story continues with Joseph, seventeen years old at the time, helping out his brothers in herding the flocks. … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study
Tagged all alone, assured, Cross, faith, getting what I deserve, love, suffering, Tim Keller
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Family Likeness
I began the day by reading Hebrews 2:10-18. I lingered over these verses and was captured by the frequency of familial words that the author used and the theme of “family likeness” that he emphasizes. bringing many children to glory … Continue reading
Living Hope
Yesterday, I heard a sermon from 1 Peter entitled “A Living Hope”. Last night, I talked with a friend who shared her excitement that she may be able to adopt a little 1 year old boy after the first of … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study
Tagged death, faith, fear, Jesus, Joy, persecution, powerful, sin, suffering, thoughts, trial, Truth
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Jacob’s Dream
In Genesis 28, Jacob had a dream in which he saw a stairway that began on earth and whose top reached up into heaven. He saw angels ascending and descending on the stairs. "There above it stood the LORD, and … Continue reading
Fallen
I continue to be drawn to the blog site paradoxuganda written by Doctors Scott and Jennifer Myhre. Here are two entries that compel me to see the news of an epidemic as more than cold abstract statistics. When I read … Continue reading