Accidents. Natural disasters. Disease. When these strike, will you, like Job, worship God? The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Let the name of the Lord be praised!

If God exists and he is good, why is there suffering in the world? Is he to blame for all the heartache and distress we experience? The Bible answers these questions in its earliest pages.

I wrote a song one morning after startling myself in the mirror. Ugly in the Morning is NOTHING like Man in the Mirror by that other Michael. I promise you won't have any difficulty telling them apart. On a whim, I accompanied myself on the ukulele instead of guitar. I think it makes the song a lot more fun you to sing along with on the second go 'round. Oh! And I have a bit of truth to speak after the singing.

Josh Kerr and I ran an all-out mile in the same week. His mile was faster than mine, a world record in fact. Did I mope around after I ran my mile because it didn't measure up to Kerr's? Nope! I'm not comparing myself to him nor am I checking my life with Jesus against someone else's.

The devil is a liar. He tells us untruths so we will hate God and choose our own ways. To defeat him, we must know the truth; we must live according to God's ways.

Freedom in Monopoly is fairly straightforward. You have options. In the spiritual realm, you have only one option to gain true freedom: Faith in Jesus! But beyond that there are actions you can take to remain in the freeing relationship you have with God.

Want more on this? Listen to my sermon, Finding Freedom, on the Friendly Words podcast of Pratt Friends Church.

https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/k0t36X87w4b

Are you ever alone? Do you face difficulties with out hope? Not if your trust is in the Lord, your helper.

Who is the source of all comfort? What are we supposed to do with the comfort we receive?

God is not like us when he is angered. When people sin, he is not quick to judgment. He is patient, wanting all to repent.

"In your anger, do not sin." Paul , quoting Psalm 4:4, says this to the church in Ephesus. Straightforward enough, right? How do we live it out? That's the difficulty.