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A thought by Chris Hodge from his book, The Daniel Dilemma: How to Stand Firm and Love Well in a Culture of Compromise (Kindle Locations 1790). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) We just had one of those difficult situations where we had a severe storm come through our area and it caused mudslides and innocent people were killed.   Many people have problems equating a loving God with something like that happening.   I mean how could a loving God allow that to happen?   Chris tells about a sixteen-year-old young man in their community who loved his family and his God but he had a brain tumor that finally killed him.   Chris says, “So often nonbelievers in our culture refuse to believe in a God who would allow someone like Sid to suffer with cancer and die so young. They can’t reconcile that a good God would allow the atrocities that they often see in our world today: natural disasters and calamitous events, birth defe

A thought by Chris Hodge from his book, The Daniel Dilemma: How to Stand Firm and Love Well in a Culture of Compromise (Kindle Locations 1194). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) Courage is another good word to look at here at the beginning of 2018.   It is something we need and will need in the living of this new year. Chris says, “Courage is the condition of your heart that allows you to believe you’ll succeed without knowing how you’ll succeed.”   That is what it is. Chris then says, “But where does courage come from? The origins of the word itself reveal the way courage is forged in the depths of our souls. The English word courage evolved from cour , the Middle English word meaning ‘the heart,’ the seat of one’s deepest feelings. This usage evolved from Old French, corage , and originally from the Latin word for ‘heart,’ cor .” He goes on, “Notice the way core and c ourage both come from this word for

A thought by Chris Hodge from his book, The Daniel Dilemma: How to Stand Firm and Love Well in a Culture of Compromise (Kindle Locations 1227). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) Perspective is our word for today and it is a very important word.   It could even become your word of the month or even of the year, depending on what you are going through. Chris says, “For us, our problems seem overwhelming and all-encompassing while God seems small and distant. But for God, the all-powerful and all-present Lord of all creation, our problems must seem quite small.   However, when we meet him in quiet time alone together, then our perspective reaches a point of balance. We still may not be able to see beyond our problems or imagine how we’ll get through them, but we know we’re going to keep our eyes on Jesus each step forward.” He goes on, “The more time you spend with Jesus, the less time you’re going to spend being i