Category: Hope when things are bad
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Problems: Why the Fish Won’t Grant My Wish!
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It’s Sunday morning. 10:30 a.m. I’m not normally home right now, and I’m not normally writing. I’m normally in church. But since every germ within a hundred square miles seems to have invaded our home, I’m raising the white flag. We’re staying home today. So, since I couldn’t go to…
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Suffering, Happiness, and the Hedonic Treadmill
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Why, God, why??? Why won’t you take away my pain? Why won’t you heal me? Why won’t you change my husband and my kids? Why won’t you change my circumstances? WHY WON’T YOU FIX MY PROBLEMS?? When God Won’t Remove the Problem (yet) I’ve been listening to an audiobook by…
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What “Negativity Free” is Not
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Negativity free? Sounds good… until you really have a problem. Are we supposed to say it’s good when somebody dies? Are we supposed to say thank you when somebody insults us? How about when we read about a murder? Brutal beating? Children living on the streets? Racism? Sex trafficking? Hatred…