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Susan February 28, 2022

The Hard Truth about Difficult Circumstances

933) I can remember a time when I was young that I didn’t really have experience with the difficulties of life. Though being frustrated with a sibling or something of that nature, I did not know, experientially, about death, separation, betrayal, disease, and more. As I got older, I pieced together that my actions or
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Susan February 27, 2022

Rule-followers

932) I am a rule-follower. If I have a responsibility, it gets done, and it doesn’t even occur to me to question what I’ve been told to do. Being a rule-follower has some advantages. You can evaluate how you are doing on the job. For the rule-followers, there is very little that’s gray; it’s black
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Susan February 26, 2022

Fair-weather Followers

931) There are many people who are fair-weather followers of God. When they need something, they turn to him. When circumstances of this life are over-whelming, they run right to God. When a loved one is desperately ill, they request prayers for God’s intervention. Turning to God during these circumstances can be a very good
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Susan February 25, 2022

Taking People at Their Word

930) In my novel, The Bottle House, there is a character (Stefan) who is an attorney, who, for understandable reasons, is angry with God. The collector of bottles, Chaplain Miller, cuts right to the chase with Stefan, reflecting that they both remember a time when two people verbally agreed on something, shook hands on it
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Susan February 24, 2022

Be Gentle with People

929) Sometimes it’s hard to see outside of our own worlds. We can get caught up in our concerns, problems, work and family and not see anyone else. Because we are often focused on ourselves, we can sometimes interact with people in whatever “state” we are in. If we’re frustrated, then we may respond in
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Susan February 23, 2022

What is Your Father Like?

928) When Jesus walked the roads of this world, he referred to his father frequently. He would tell those that would listen what his father is like. He said that his father accepts those who come to him through his son. (John 14:6). He gives Jesus the authority over everything. (Matthew 11:27) His father reveals
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Susan February 22, 2022

The Darkness Does Not Win

927) It is so tempting to turn off all newsfeeds, the TV and stop reading the newspaper. There is so much wrong in the world. I see so many things that started off parallel and then one point gets just a fraction of an inch off. As time goes, that point gets further and further
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Susan February 21, 2022

The Danger of Assuming Things About God

Chaplain Miller Speaks – The Bottle House – page 284 “It’s hard for me to understand why God thinks I’m important enough to die for. I certainly wouldn’t if I were God.”  (Debbie said) “It’s funny that you used the phrase, ‘If I were God.’(Chaplain Miller answered) We often play god, even if subconsciously, when
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Susan February 21, 2022

You Have My Word

926) Remember when you were a kid, if you crossed your fingers, it somehow gave you a free pass to say something that was not true? I have done some reading on this practice’s origin and have found conflicting information. The bottom line is, we all have a sense that our words are important. They
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Susan February 20, 2022

The Price of a Gift Determines Its Value

925) As a child, I always hoped that there would be free samples at the grocery store where my mother took me. Sometimes it would be a small piece of sausage or a cube of cheese. It was exciting to receive something that was free. Of course, as an adult, I realize these samples really
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