There’s a phrase that endeavours to describe a series of troubling events. The phrase suggests that when things get bad it’s as if all hell broke loose. Interesting phrase. It’s an especially interesting phrase when those circumstances are viewed with the benefit of hindsight. Surely no one wishes for anyone to go through the pain of […]
Read More Year Six – Sometimes When All Hell Breaks Loose …This is a sobering video to consider. For His Name’s Sake Shalom C. L. J. Dryden
Read More Why Does God Allow Pain and Suffering?Why did I do it? At first it was out of a sense of desperation. To me I felt that I needed it and as I couldn’t get it having gone through the proper channels, I felt it was the only way to get it. I have got to confess, sometimes I wouldn’t go through […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – HurtI like to use this blog to share some personal information about what goes on in my life, but you just need to read a broad selection of entries to know I don’t get real personal too often. This blog won’t be an accurate or informed diary of the life and times of Christopher Dryden, […]
Read More YIR15 – 09 – Tough TimesPaul encourages the church in Corinth something rather interesting. In 1 Corinthians 15:51 Paul says that not everyone will sleep but they shall all be changed. Of course that promise doesn’t mean much until we appreciate what we’re being changed from and we’re being changed to. The contrasts given are stunning – death to imperishable […]
Read More We Will All Be ChangedThe movement for positive thinking sometimes misses the point. It’s healthy to acknowledge that sometimes there is no positivity to consider. Sometimes a sad song is called for. I recall hurting myself and my natural reaction was to give a yelp of anguish. I know that some people would want to suppress that or limit […]
Read More A Word For When We Sing Sad SongsPain serms inevitable in life. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a scratch or a bruise on a child when they fall over, or thd hurt of loss of a loved one. It is prevalent. This week two people I care about considerably both shared something of the pain they were enduring. One spoke of the […]
Read More For The HurtingThis follows the last entry looking at the lessons learnt whilst on a walk. 1. Though The Sun Shines Now It Won’t Always Shine But … I appreciate that I live among people who love the sun. I can understand why they love the sun, seeing as though it is not a regular part of […]
Read More Lessons Learnt On A Walk – Part TwoEven though I know how the story goes and even though I am aware that the outcome is far greater than this episode, the final hours of Jesus’ life before death as recorded in Matthew chapter 26 and 27 remain the most painful portions of scripture in the book. I read it and I feel […]
Read More Insights From Matthew – Lessons in Agony from GethsemaneIt was one of those days. Work brings up a range of characters and sometimes there are ones gifted by God to test the very fruit that He has placed in you through the Spirit. (You know what I’m saying.) So the deal is to see whether the fruit will emerge or if someone a […]
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