I have been told that there are only two certainties - death and taxes. I disagree. There is only one.

And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love. Rom 8:38.

The only certainty in life is God and His love. He created and is in control of everything, so He is the only certainty.

And really, this should be enough. If everything is made by Him, and for Him, and is under His command, and He is perfectly good, and He loves us, what more do we need?

We live in a world that bomb...
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How often I have felt when bad things happen, that the event itself is not the worst thing, but other people's reaction to it. To be told in the midst of suffering to "just get over it" or "smile and it will turn out alright" has caused me great discouragement. When I am suffering, what I want is someone who will sit with me and try to understand. I want sympathy.

This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin. So let us com...
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There are some things that we naturally do not doubt, and some that we always do. Our doubts and our fears can be peculiar to us. They are an amalgamation of things we have been taught, and experienced. They often arise out of our desire to protect ourselves.

But when you ask Him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. Such people should not expect to receive anything fr...
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I have no desire to suffer, and I have no romantic notions about it. I do try and avoid it whenever possible, or shorten it or comfort myself in the midst.

Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; 1 Peter 4:12.

Suffering and trials are a part of life. Everyone is afflicted. We cope in different ways - sharing, closing up, denial, full immersion, blaming someone else, punishing yourself. Some sufferings are obv...
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