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	Wednesday, November 28, 2007 Voice of the Day: Living In a World With Suffering Living as we do in a world that suffers so much, two opposing possibilities can easily tempt us: either to turn our backs and live oblivious to the pain or to allow the pain to overwhelm us and despair to take up residence in our hearts. The truly faithful option is to face the pain and live joyfully in the midst of it. Those who suffer most remind us of how tragic and arrogant it would be for us to lose hope on behalf of people who have not lost theirs. They are teachers of joy. - Joyce Hollyday Then Your Light Shall Rise + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail posted by God's Politics @ 9:33 AM \| Permalink \| Add to: Add to Del.icio.us Add to Technorati Add to Digg Add to Newsvine Category: Daily News Digest (by Duane Shank) Home Verse of the Day: 'your hands are full of blood'

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I like the quote from Tim Keller's forthcoming book, The Reason For God

"In Jesus Christ, God experienced the greatest depths of pain. Therefore, though Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, it provides deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair."

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Posted by: Aaron | November 28, 2007 5:38 PM