Keeping in mind the big picture of God’s work in this world is important, because if we do not, we will likely become discouraged with the circumstances we face right now.

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There is a spiritual dimension to every situation and trouble we face – including sickness.

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Neither you nor I are the Gardener. We do not get to do the pruning and grafting. That is God’s job, not ours. Love is our business, while the Lord will show both his kindness and sternness when and to whom he will.

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Exclusion creates conflict, whereas inclusion gives space for others to explore and discover what it means to live into their faith and spirituality.

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Do you and I have a big enough space to allow people in our lives who are not like us, without feeling threatened or insecure?

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The very nature of faith is contact, connection, and care. Faith is up close, relational, and involves touch. Faith is free, yet it is not cheap. Faith always involves a cost: vulnerability and intimacy. If we ever look for faith from afar and have no intention of getting up close and personal – so close as to touch the hem of a garment – then that which we seek will forever be elusive to us.

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There is more going on than our present circumstances and physical eyes can see.

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"Awake, and sing the song

Of Moses and the Lamb;

Tune every heart and every tongue

To praise the Savior's name."

William Hammond

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As much as we might like to get past all these unjust and maddening situations, Holy Scripture does not let us off the hook so easily. We have to sit with Joseph for a while, and feel what he feels, experience what he experiences, so that we can learn our own lessons from him.

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To enjoy divine privileges never gives us the right to show human prejudice.

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