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Hopeful Thoughts on Suffering and Affliction

I ran across a Bible study I did in 2016 and found it to be very helpful. I hope you find it uplifting.

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Directed by God

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Do you ever feel like you are on the path you should be on and you get stopped in your tracks and turned to a completely different direction? Sometimes it feels like a slap in the face or a kick in the backside of your britches – as my dad used to say. You are not alone. This has been my dilemma for the last year and half, and I feel like I’m finally getting some clarity about it.

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Practicing Gratitude

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You would think after all God has brought me through in this wheelchair, it would make me grateful. But I still have my times when I lack gratitude and get grumpy. Today is an example. I don’t have any of my regular aides here on second shift to transfer me from my wheelchair to my bed. Placing me in my bed using the Hoyer lift is more of an art than a science, and it’s easy to bend my head panels, which I use to drive. If my head panels get misaligned, my wheelchair could be out of commission for several days while I wait for it to be fixed.

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