When you feel like the gopher the cat dragged in, stop and ask yourself: is there anything in your life that is not a blessing from God? Now stop laughing as you think about that thorn in your side, that that<\/i> couldn’t possibly be from God, and remember Job’s words. The Lord gives, the Lord takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.<\/p>\n
Try to remember that each thing in your life is a gift from God, even when it doesn’t look like one. The dirty house is a roof and a shelter. The nagging child is life and the future. The exhaustion is life spent productively. God gave you this life because He loves you. Just like you might make a four year old eat his vegetables because you love him.<\/p>\n
Blessed be the name of the Lord… in good times and challenging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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