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Tag Archives: trials
A Grief Revisited
My apologies, readers, for not posting on my usual Monday. Sadly, this past week was quite the set of challenges. On the sad side, we had to put down our family dog of 9 years. On the other side, a … Continue reading
Posted in Observations, Random Musings
Tagged God, grief, Jesus, perspective, suffering, trials, worldview
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Thankful…Or Just Less Grumpy
A little candor; recently, my eldest told me, “Dad, don’t take this the wrong way, but I think you complain too much!” I’ll admit, my first thought was to defend myself! “I’m not complaining! There’s just a bunch of idiots … Continue reading
Posted in Random Musings, Thanksgiving
Tagged complaining, grumbling, grumpy, know Jesus, perspective, suffering, thankfulness, Thanksgiving, trials, worldview
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The Lies We Tell Ourselves…And The Truth!
Well, it’s been a long while since I posted last. For that, I apologize! God had intentions to put me through a rough time of dryness, and I just didn’t have anything that I felt was worth saying. Honestly, I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Random Musings, Uncategorized
Tagged Jesus, know Jesus, perspective, trials, truth, worldview
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Have You Considered My Servant…?
Often times, when Jesus allows a trial into our lives, we focus on the pain, the loss, the hurt, and the ever-present question “Why me?” It is not often that we think about that fact that before that trial got … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, Observations
Tagged Bible, faith, God, Jesus, perspective, sacrifice, suffering, trials, truth
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This Is The Day That The Lord Has Made
To be quite frank, I don’t want to write this post. You see, once I write it, I am accountable to live it. And honestly, I don’t want to live this some days. “What are you TALKING about?!” Right. I … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, Observations
Tagged attitude, Bible, God, Jesus, know Jesus, perspective, pray, suffering, trials, truth
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When Life Sucks…Check Your Lenses!
Have you ever worn glasses? Maybe they were sunglasses, or prescription glassed, or maybe prop glasses for a performance or that “perfect touch to a look.” Whatever glasses they were, didn’t you just hate when you had a smudge on … Continue reading
Posted in Single-Parenthood, Uncategorized
Tagged attitude, breathe, God, grace, know Jesus, loneliness, love, perspective, sacrifice, suffering, trials, truth
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The Source/Supply…In Whom Do You Trust?
Recently, I had a breakthrough. For over 2 decades, The Almighty has been lovingly trying to teach me to trust Him. And as anyone who knows me readily understands, it took those ENTIRE TWO DECADES to sink in. And it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Passionate Observations, Random Musings
Tagged faith, God, Jesus, perspective, trials, trust, truth, worldview
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Suffering Honors Jesus & Denies The Flesh
The last few months have been an opportunity to learn a lot about suffering for Jesus and denying myself. If you know the Bible, you know that, in Luke 9:23, Jesus lays out that to follow Him means “you must … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study
Tagged attitude, Bible, contentment, God, grace, Jesus, know Jesus, pray, sacrifice, suffering, trials, truth
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Spiritual Opposition Always Follows Spiritual Progress
This principle shifted my thinking! Spiritual opposition always follows spiritual progress; my pastor, at the time, said this in one of his sermons, and I had never really thought about it before. Some of that was my the time and … Continue reading
Posted in Observations, Random Musings
Tagged attitude, blessings, contentment, Jesus, know Jesus, perspective, suffering, trials, truth, worldview
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Where God Guides, He Provides…Or Does He?
Ok. I owe you an apology for the click-bait-ish title. At the same time, I think anyone who has stepped out in faith has felt this way at one time or another. “God’s got us! Right? I mean, we followed … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, Passionate Observations
Tagged Bible, Bible study, faith, Jesus, knives, leap of faith, provision, step of faith, step up, trials, truth
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Through Nerdy Lenses - Random Musings 