I have lived by the promises of God and proved them in all circumstances – in war, in famine, in sickness, in loneliness, in bereavement, in misunderstanding.

One thing is certain in this world, we’re not going to escape affliction forever.  Sometime, each of us is going to know the meaning of that word affliction.

God’s Word comes to us in the book we call the Bible and here, in the book, it tells us something about itself; three wonderful things about its own character.

It’s a word about affliction and the purpose of affliction and why affliction comes in our lives and how we should respond to affliction.

It’s important that from time to time in the midst of life we pause and consider our ways.

Do you ever feel like an orphan all alone in the world?  Feeling as if you are a lost child struggling to catch sight of your parents in a crowded marketplace?

    “I am a stranger on earth; do not hide your commands from me. My soul is consumed with longing for your laws at all times,” Psalm 119:19–20 NIV. I suppose there comes a time in the life of every one of us when everything seems so impermanent, so transitory. We don’t know where we can find anything that’s … Continue reading →