(The following is the August 8 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read 2 Corinthians 7 and pay close attention to verses 8-12.) Experiencing sorrow is difficult. Grief may come from losing loved ones, unfulfilled dreams, failed relationships, career disruptions, natural disasters, tragedies that directly or indirectly impact us, and more. No …
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I Said Goodbye To a Friend Today
Note: I wrote the following on March 15 after a visit with a friend in the hospital, thinking that it would be the last time I saw him this side of heaven. He defied the odds and remained with us for nearly two more months, allowing me the opportunity to visit him again. Still, I …
A Time to Be Born
As I write this, my nephew, Kyle, is with his fiance, Tara, at a hospital about 60 miles from here welcoming to the world their first child, a little girl. I eagerly await holding little Josie in the coming days. This will be my first crack at being a great-uncle, so I want to get …
Leap Year Lesson #351: You Must Move On
The saturation of media coverage for the Newtown, CT tragedy is just too much. It isn't healthy to watch the coverage constantly after a tragedy like that. At the beginning when we're in shock and trying to find out what happened, watching in disbelief is understandable. But when it reaches a point of repetition with little …
Leap Year Lesson #349: Dig Deeper For Understanding
As the nation deals with yesterday's tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, the long process of grieving begins. I appreciate stories from antiquity that tell of allowing long periods of mourning - a month or so - in recognition that grief isn't something that we turn on and then turn off like a switch mere days later. …
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