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Blessing

posted by J-Walking | 9:28pm Saturday April 21, 2007

“Every trial is a blessing. There have been times when I have been hard pressed through circumstances and it seems as if a dozen steamrollers were going over me but I have found that the hardest things are just lifting places into the grace of God. We have such a lovely Jesus. He always proves himself to be such a mighty deliverer. He never fails to plan the best things for us.”
Smith Wigglesworth



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posted April 22, 2007 at 4:00 am


A friend once pointed out that success teaches us almost nothing and that our failures, our mistakes and the difficult moments of life teach us everything. He added that the only lesson to be learned is compassion. We fear failure so much we either begin to cheat a bit in life or we go into denial and untruth or we melt – sure that our humanity is defined only by the right school, the right career, the right house etc. etc. Jesus tell us to quit worrying, to love one another and to take the planks out of our eye before we judge another. We idolize success – when God calls us to relationship. Only thing that matters is our ability to care for one another and thus reflect God;s love back on the world.



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Donny

posted April 23, 2007 at 2:08 pm


Success teaches us that the individual who succeeds usually does what is right from the very earliest stages of life to making the most important decisions in life. Usually these people are hated by socialists. Something to never forget.



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