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2/3/2016

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Being in a distressing time takes all our energy and focus: when a beloved is sick, when a beloved is facing the consequences of a bad choice, when a beloved is facing a sorrow not of their own making. Somehow that seems harder than facing those things ourselves and that can be overwhelming. I think of someone whose cancer has returned and wonder at what point they don't wonder if every twinge is more bad news. When we have a loved one embroiled in the legal system we wonder if things will ever be so well with them that we don't worry about someone they knew or some coping mechanism doesn't cause a new problem.

These kinds of persistent worries do far more harm than good since, for instance, we know stress damages our health and hovering does not improve the self-confidence of any of us when hovered over.

So I am very grateful that I have a relationship with a mighty God who loves my beloved ones and me with a perfect love, backed up by a perfect capacity to heal and God's perfect capacity to love us where we are, while also wooing us forward to an increasingly peaceful, purposeful, joyous and love filled live.

I can affirm with confidence and hope: THANK YOU, GOD, FOR ALREADY HAVING THIS UNDER CONTROL.

1 Corinthians 15:57  Thanks be to God, who gives us this victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
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