by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 21, 2019 | Aging, Faith, Jesus, Prayer, Suffering, Worship
Lord Jesus Christ, all your ways of mercy tend to and end in my delight. You did weep, sorrow, suffer that I might rejoice. For my joy you have sent the Comforter, multiplied your promises, shown me your future happiness, given me a living fountain. You are preparing...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 31, 2019 | Bible, Faith, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Suffering, The World
In nearly thirty years of living in Florida I have experienced many hurricanes. As Hurricane Dorian threatens us I reflect on what I have written about them in the past. On the evening of September 5, 2004, my wife and I were watching the progress of Hurricane Frances...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 15, 2019 | Faith, Healing, Jesus, Suffering
When Job’s three friends…heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him. When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him; they began to...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 9, 2019 | Aging, Faith, God, Healing, Jesus, Prayer, Suffering
Job was a man who was described as blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. Yet a combination of natural disaster and human depravity devastated his life. The Sabeans attacked and carried off his livestock. Lightning burned up his sheep. Chaldeans...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 2, 2019 | Aging, Faith, God, Healing, Inspiration, Jesus, Prayer, Suffering
Love always hopes (1 Corinthians 13:7) because love sees possibilities where none seems to exist. Love always hopes because love never despairs. Love is not dependent on the fulfillment of immediate expectations. Love takes the long term point of view. Love will not...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 28, 2019 | Aging, Faith, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Science, Suffering, Witness
I have recently read the two volume letters and memories of Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) published in 1890. Kingsley was an Anglican clergyman who wrote the popular novels Westward Ho, and Water Babies, was an accomplished naturalist, a professor of Modern History at...
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