When a child is hurting or in pain, a parent suffers, perhaps in a different way than his or her child, but it still hurts. So why should we ever think that when any of us is hurting or in pain, that God doesn’t suffer as well. We are all God’s children, and…

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  Suzy asks, “How can you put up with the pain in your knees day after day, but you cringe when you have to get a shot?” She wonders why I don’t get my knees replaced, but when she asks why not, I always have a rationale. In truth our attraction to certain forms of…

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Less desire means less pain — Buddhist Wisdom   Not being a follower I am not sure about the above quote’s meaning. Maybe my Eastern spiritualists friends can help me here. My reaction is probably wrong. My daughter asked me the other day if I ever had a broken heart. It is not a question I…

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Some people are in physical pain for so long it becomes their norm. What would be a normal person’s five on a physician’s silly pain scale is their one. The pain is no less real, no less devastating on their physical well-being, but it becomes as much a part of them as a scar might…

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