Tag Archives: suffering

Bridge Collapse

Commenting on the highway bridge collapse in Minnesota a few years ago, one pastor observed that everyone wants to know where God was when those cars careened into the muddy Mississippi, but God rarely gets credit for the millions of more »

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Minefields

A few years ago, an Israeli man was paragliding off a peak in the Golan Heights in Israel when his paraglider drifted east toward the Syrian and Jordanian borders.  For some reason, he lost control and crashed, injuring his legs more »

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Devotion – He’s Been There

In a recent “Father of the Year” Essay contest hosted by the National Center for Fathering, one 5th grader wrote, “(Dad) teaches me with so much understanding that you can actually tell that he must have been a kid sometime, more »

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Devotion – Hug the Hardest

When Maddie was maybe 1 ½ , she was playing upstairs when she appeared to come down with a sudden, terrible cold.  She was coughing like she had pneumonia.  Her eyes were all watery.  Her nose was running like a more »

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Devotion – He Understands

A man and his wife were racing down the breakdown lane of a Massachusetts highway. This is illegal, of course, but it was rush hour, and she was in labor. They pulled up behind a state trooper to ask for more »

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Devotion – Treasure from Trash

A few years ago, Elizabeth Gibson was on her way to coffee when she spotted a painting among garbage bags on the curb. Impressed by its power and beauty, she decided that it did not belong in the garbage. She more »

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Devotion – Good in Bad

A famous preacher once wrote, “It is well for us if, while the flesh mourns over trials, our faith triumphs in divine faithfulness. Samson’s lion yielded honey, and so will our adversities, if rightly considered. The stormy sea feeds multitudes more »

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Devotion: Feel Like Garbage

Recently, some garbage collectors were beginning to compact the refuse in their truck with the press when they heard cries.  They immediate stopped the machine and found a homeless 50-year-old man who had spent the night in a garbage container. more »

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Devotion: Praising Through Tears

Psalm 66:16-20 16 Come and listen, all you who fear God; let me tell you what he has done for me. 17 I cried out to him with my mouth; his praise was on my tongue. 18 If I had more »

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