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Category Archives: Suffering
Holy/Maundy Thursday-New Covenant
What is Happening: We don’t know anything about what happens earlier in the day other than Jesus is focusing on the Passover Meal (start reading at Matthew 26:17). At some point his disciples come to him and ask where he would … Continue reading
Posted in Accomplishment, Atonement, Belief, Bondage, Christ, Communion, Darkness, Evil, Grace, Happiness, Healing, Jesus, Maundy Thursday, mercy, Messiah, New Covenant, Passion, Passover, Sacrificial Lamb, Salvation, Suffering, Thankfulness
Tagged Appreciation, Christ, Communion, Forgiveness, Grace, Maundy Thursday, New Covenant, Sacrificial Lamb, Suffering
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Spy Wednesday or Holy Wednesday
What is Happening On Wednesday Jesus remains in Bethany. According to Wikipedia “Bethany has traditionally been identified with the present-day West Bank city of al-Eizariya (Arabic (العيزرية), meaning “Place of Lazarus”), site of the reputed Tomb of Lazarus, located about … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptability, Adversity, Belief, Bible, Bondage, Christ, Darkness, Focus, Guidance, Holy Week, Jesus, Mission, Peace, Perseverance, Perspective, Prayer, Priorities, Suffering
Tagged Abiding, Bethany Israel, Christ, Identity, Jesus Death, Perseverance, Prayer, Quiet Time, Relationships, Relaxation, Trust
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The Promise of the Rainbow
Living in the Past: Back in the late 1970’s I was returning to Michigan from California. I had lived out there for almost two years and was now heading home. I was driving through New Mexico when it started to … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Appearance, Faith, Fear, Heaven, Nature, Perseverance, Perspective, Providence, Religion, Stress, Suffering, The Past, Trust, Visual, Weather, Worry
Tagged Abiding, Fear, Grief, Life, Loss, Perseverance, Renewal, Surrender, Trust
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Dealing with Loss At Christmas
Experience as a Flashlight: The woman was beside herself with grief. It was only a few months since her husband had died. She was not looking forward to Christmas. How could she deal with that loss at Christmas when the … Continue reading
Posted in Appreciation, Christmas, Courage, Creativity, Fear, Feelings, Focus, Grief, Health, Holidays, Letting Go, Life, love, Memory, relationships, Suffering, Thankfulness
Tagged Appreciation, current-events, Fear, Grief, Identity, Loneliness, Loss, Perseverance, Relationships, Self Worth, Trust, Worry
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I Am An Optimist and a Pessimist
Lessons I Have Learned: I suspect the notion that life has it’s ups and downs came as a surprise to me. I am the kind of person that likes things to be positive and happy. I guess that makes me … Continue reading
Posted in Acceptance, Adaptability, Appreciation, Contentment, Courage, Faith, Fear, Focus, Grief, Holidays, Letting Go, Life, Nature, Perseverance, Perspective, Stress, Suffering, Trust, Worry
Tagged Appreciation, current-events, Enjoyment, Gifts, Grief, Identity, Life, Loss, Perseverance, Quiet Time, Renewal, Stress, Suffering, Trust, Worry
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From 9/11 to 12/7
Living in the Past: The terrorist attack of 911 gave every American, old enough to understand, the feeling Americans must have had when Pearl Harbor was attacked December 7, 1941. We’ll soon mark the 71st anniversary of that surprise attack. … Continue reading
Posted in Apocalyptic, Country, Evil, Faith, Faithfulness, Fear, Imagination, Life, Military, Peace, Perspective, Prayer, Priorities, Soldier, Suffering, Tasks, Terrorism, War
Tagged current-events, Fear, Forgiveness, Perseverance, politics, Prayer, Quiet Time, Renewal, Suffering, Terror, Trust
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The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Living in the Past: The shooting of JFK was another of those incidents so life stopping that people remember what they were doing at the time. I was a college freshman in the Autumn of 1963. I was part of … Continue reading
Embarassing Physical Exams
Experience As a Flashlight: I didn’t mind my office job except for one event that happened each year that terrified me. Each year I had to undergo a physical exam. During the exam, the doctor had to check certain parts … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Claustrophobia, Fear, Health, Medical, Memory, Old Age, Perspective, Physical Exams, Retirement, Stress, Suffering, Worry
Tagged Aging, Claustrophobia, Comparison, Endurance, Fear, Identity, Perseverance, Stress, Suffering
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They Were Right, But I Only Listened Some of the Time
EXPERIENCE AS A FLASHLIGHT: There I sat in the oral surgeon’s chair waiting for his third attempt to clean out a decayed root canal so the pain in the tooth would go away. On the first two attempts all the … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Dentist, Exercise, Health, Laughter, Old Age, Perspective, Sense of Humor, Suffering, Wisdom
Tagged Aging, Dentist, Exercise, Identity, Perseverance, Principles, Renewal, Self Worth, Suffering
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Rich Rockwood, Christian Author 