Tag: suffering
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12/17 Poem: A Measure of Faith
The measure of Faith / Is how we respond / When circumstances / Tempt us to despond
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12/15 Poem: Right Suffering
The real source of pain / It now seems to me / Is where I conflict / With reality
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11/23 Poem: Order-nary Pain
First-order pain helps us learn / To keep away from flames that burn
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Mrs. Jesus #2/7: Two’s Day Out
“Well, today is bring your wife to work day!” I make appreciative noises, like I’m happy about this. Yet I can’t help but notice that His smile doesn’t reach His eyes.
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10/22 Limericks: Woke to Voke
Instead we must learn to convoke And reason with those that us choke
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10/19 Limericks: Friend Job
It just hurts my brain To see you in pain And thus to your soul I would tend. Though maybe I’ve got it all wrong…
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10/11 Limerick: Trial Trail
Jesus calls us onto His trial trail To grow a faith that will not fail
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Limerick: Come, Passion
In a world where sufferings out of fashion Christ calls us to live with compassion
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Limerick: God’s Dealay
When God delays dealing with sin We’re forced to face problems within
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Poem: Goodly Evil
How God in His goodness may lead Us faster through lands where we bleed
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Limerick: Rock Bottom Favor
We all need to Rock “Bottom Favor” Though that means we must drink bitter flavor
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Limerick: Under-Handed
God sometimes seems under-handed Our suffering, as if He has planned it
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Sex 207. Loving Life
I have tasted all the pleasures of this world, from the sublime heights of philosophy to the sordid depths of passion. All start out sweet as honey to my mouth, but end up bitter as gall in my stomach. This… is the reverse.
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Sex 206. Loving Father
Me: You have got to be kidding me. Don’t you know where we are? What I did to get here? What I’ve been doing since I got here? Father: Yes. Practicing!
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Poem: Uncomfortably Grateful
We say that God is good When we dine on comfort food Much harder to confess When we feel under duress
Radically Happy 