It has been Christmas day for 43 minutes by my clock. The children have long been asleep and Santa Claus has made his way down and back up our chimney, bringing presents to our 4 precious charges. This year I think we made progress with them by emphasizing the birth of our Savior more than [...]
I wrote and posted this article in March of this year and decided that it was worth reposting i these difficult times. Many of my friends and even family members have lost jobs and are unemployed. Their job situation will not hinder God from providing their every need.
Questions: What does the bible say about God’s [...]
Desires & Hurdles
Our natural tendency it seems is to wish that life was easy, without problems, and where we get everything we want without a struggle. That sounds a lot like heaven to me or like the images I have in my mind about heaven. I am not sure that even heaven will be without [...]
During times of economic difficulty and job loss, depression numbers grow, especially among the male population. Whenever circumstances around us are in a downturn, it causes many to feel down inside. As we lose confidence about the future, we can believe that our chances for advancement are lessened. When we base our future on human [...]
What is Stress?
Stress is caused by anxious and fearful reactions to difficult circumstances. Difficult situations come when we take on adult responsibilities that hold increasing importance to us. During a normal American childhood, our responsibilities are limited. We are responsible to make our grades, clean up our room and perhaps a few chores assigned by [...]
After the presidential election, I wrote several articles in response to the results. I consider the election of a president who believes in socialism to be a form of adversity. It is in our adversities that God is most easily seen. When He allows our circumstances to outstrip our human abilities, we are forced to [...]
In the last article I shared my one-year commitment to pray for our political leaders, America’s pastors, providential circumstances and a positive response to the message of Christ. I asked that others join me in this commitment and share the mission. I want to thank those who e-mailed their promise to pray with me.
We know [...]
The last three articles have been a response to the election. The first, See the Good that has Come, discussed the biblical response to the difficult circumstances we are likely to face in the next few years. The second, How to Choose Joy in Adversity, gave a detailed description about how to manage our minds [...]
In the last two articles I have discussed what I consider to be the divine perspective on our recent presidential election. We need to imagine the good that God intends through what He has allowed and we need to understand the spiritual process for experiencing joy in response to adversity. I want to echo Paul’s [...]
The following was written by a friend in response to the question,”What good can you imagine that God is working by allowing Obama to be elected”. Thank you Ginger for your thoughts.
by Ginger Swann
“Maybe God has some one in His plan that will make an impact on Obama. The guy who fixes his computer [...]
