I cannot feel That all is well, when darkening clouds conceal The shining sun; But then, I know He lives and loves; and say, since it is so, Thy will be done. – S.G. Browning During Lent we still have those moments where we fail to understand why at times evil, pain, injustice, and…
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Third Sunday in Lent
Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. – Phil. 4:6 I have written lately about God not answering our prayers in the way we ask, and God knowing what is best for us which brings on the inevitable question – Why pray? F.…
Saturday in the Second Week of Lent
My daughter’s little girls go “wild” when they overload on birthday cake or other forms of sugar. So being the good parent my daughter asks that I not give them too many “treats.” A grandfather can get away with a little but not a lot. Similarly when we ask God for something he knows is…
Friday In the Second Week of Lent
To put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. — Mission of the Greater Charlotte YMCA. I walk by this mission statement almost every morning, but I just now noticed it, and thought isn’t that what Lent is all about – building “a healthy spirit, mind, and…
Thursday in the Second Week of Lent
Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling-block, or an occasion to fall, in his brother’s way. – Romans 14:13 During Lent we are more attentive to the little things that make a difference. We are conscious of not judging or throwing stones,…