I don’t have much to add to today’s study. The title says it all – at the front of our mind we should have in large letters – ‘God is always good.’ We might get angry when we feel God is not answering our call for help; and, we may often feel hurt when bad things [...]
It does not matter what your race, color or creed is; there is no getting around the fact that suffering, including the suffering of the innocent, has been part of the human landscape for all of recorded history. In addition, it does not matter if you are rich or poor, old or young; suffering knows [...]
The introduction to today’s study builds on what Selwyn said yesterday: “Over the years I have spent a great deal of time studying the psalms, and what is remarkable is that even if the psalmist begins by venting his anger on God for allowing bad things to happen to good people, he almost always concludes [...]
There are two points from today’s study which I thought were interesting, the last point, first. Selwyn captures in his conclusion, what most of us, sense: “Have you notices that there is often an indefinable something about God’s people who have suffered? They have a fragrance that reminds one of the meekness and gentleness of Christ.” They [...]
I found reading today’s study to be particularly moving – especially when you consider that he had a ministry at the time and was also writing Every Day with Jesus. His words should be a great encouragement to us all – that while we all hate the pain of suffering that God can make some [...]
Selwyn talks today about emotional and spiritual suffering. He says: “History records countless testimonies of those who have plumbed the depths of emotional and spiritual suffering and yet claimed that they would not have missed the experience for the world.” I think it’s like a lot of stories about survival in difficult circumstances – the process of [...]
Blessings or blisters?
Selwyn now moves on to the issue of interpersonal relationships. He says: “The spiritual journey is not one that we are meant to walk alone. … The question we must start to think about is how do we deal with relationships, because the way we deal with difficult relationships will determine whether we advance or [...]
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