Reflections and Lessons from 40 Years of Marriage (Part 2)
This is the part 2 continuation of my reflections on lessons I have learned from 40 years of marriage.
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Down day? 5 things to do that will help!
There is a story in the Bible that gives some very practical advice in coping with such a gamut of melancholy. It is the story in 1 Kings 19:1-8, of the prophet Elijah’s battle in dealing with the deepest low of his life. Most people, at one time or other in life can identify with Elijah. For myself, having been a person who has had some skirmishes with depression, I know that the things God used in Elijah’s life to pull him through work. And so, here are five things God used in Elijah’s life to help him cope with and overcome his depression.
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3 reasons God tests us
Don’t you wish that when God sends a test your way that there would be some kind of warning like one of those loud pulsating alarms or a flashing light that says “This is a Test!” Knowing that would bring a heightened awareness to focus on God and respond in a way that is pleases to Him. Why does God test us anyway? There are three basic reasons.
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Finding the light in a darkness of doubt
In 1949, just months before the breakthrough crusade that launched Billy Graham’s remarkable evangelistic career he went through a personal crisis of faith that could have taken him out. Billy’s crisis of faith was not unlike the crisis of faith that every Christian at one time or other must go through. The crisis of faith at its core is wrestling with the question, “Can I trust God to be who He says He is?” And that is intricately tied to the question “Is the Bible true?”
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Why half-timers can’t add.
Today is a hallmark day for me. It is the first official day of my going to a half-time position at Bridgewood Community Church. Anyone who ever works half-time at something knows that does not mean half-hearted. A half-time position seldom if ever means half-time employment. And that is why 5 out of 4 people have trouble with fractions. No matter how you add all the halves together they always seem to equal more than one.
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