Posts with the tag “trials”

"For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is a light...”Proverbs 6:23a It's that time of year again. You know, when it gets dark outside in the afternoon!! Ok, it's not that bad, but truthfully, the dark early evenings during the fall and winter months are at the top of my list of things I had a tortuous time readjusting to in our move back to New England. I'm not there yet. I'm still trying...  Read More

I once came across this story about a man who was in a wheelchair. When he was asked by someone how it felt to be confined to a wheelchair each day, the man replied, "I am not confined to this wheelchair—I am liberated by it. If it wasn't for this wheelchair I would be bed-bound and never able to leave my house."   Read More

It's very easy to become discouraged in life. It’s easy to allow the circumstances of life to sap our drive and sense of courage to face the challenges ahead, make the right decision, or to not think that a situation is hopeless. How do we handle this?  Read More