Category Archives: Difficulties

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Cancer of the Heart

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Have you ever heard of someone having heart cancer? I haven’t. Lung cancer. Prostate cancer. Breast cancer. All kinds of cancer, but not heart cancer. In a review of 12,000 autopsies, only seven people were found to have had a cardiac tumor. The Mayo Clinic only sees about one case a year. So it’s a […]

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You Don’t “Fall” Out of Love

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Have you ever been feeling fine one minute and the next minute you feel anxious or worried or at least a little unsettled? Does that happen to you? It does to me. My feelings or mood can change in an instant without any apparent change in my circumstances. One moment I’m fine. The next moment […]

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The Biggest Troublemaker

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Who is causing you the most trouble right now? Is it your boss? Unreasonable deadlines? Micromanaging? Lack of encouragement? Is it a friend or roommate who’s acting selfishly? Is it a family member? A child who won’t listen? A spouse who doesn’t understand? So who is it? Right now, who in your life is causing […]

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God Lets Us Choose

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I’ve been really intrigued by the Christmas story this year. Read Matthew 2, then I’ll share a couple things that jumped off the page at me… After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has […]

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Christmas Spirit

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It’s less than two weeks until Christmas. So how’s your Christmas spirit holding up? Do you feel connected to God? Or has the busyness of the season already robbed you of what little joy and peace you had? Sometimes I think the root of our problem is the simple fact that we practically live like […]