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Seven Lessons I’ve Learned Through Testing
One day almost ten years ago, as I was busy working around the house, I heard a television personality announce that she had just been diagnosed with breast cancer. Having come from a family with an extensive history of cancer and having had my own experience with the disease, my heart immediately went out to her because I knew something of the treatment and recovery ordeal that she was facing. Of course, I prayed for her right away but, as I continued with my housework, I became increasingly convicted that the Lord wanted me to do something more—that He wanted me to write her a letter of encouragement. Never…
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Fiery Trials…
One morning recently, I picked up my Bible and turned quite unintentionally to Psalm 34. Since so much of the news that week had been about the be-headings of twenty-one Coptic Christians by some Muslim thugs, I was approaching this passage with a very heavy heart, trying to make some sense of the seemingly wanton brutality that has become so commonplace today. Upon first reading, the words of this Psalm seemed to fly in the face of the horrors of that week—with verses such as… – I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth (v.1). – I sought the Lord, and…
