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love and healing prayers from (the micks!)

 i'm inspired to share, from a Christian perspective  -to respond to 

any & every diminution of  'thoughts & prayers' we've seen on TV

   -to be certain, any diminution of prayer is wrong, but i have a caveat:

when people, Christian, secular, of any faith..   when people are in shock, in pain, confused, still processing, traumatized, blind-sided, scared, devastated

when the mental and emotional state is  -raw;

it is natural to respond with anger, with disbelief   -to push away any efforts at being comforted.

it is not how 100% people respond to crisis; but some do

so, knowing this, 

i hold nothing against anyone; i make room for the space and time; understanding the source; pain/suffering.

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i'll be brief

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revisiting the 'how can there be a loving God, if..'

repeat:  the presence of suffering does not equate to the absence of a loving God, any more than a night sky and storm equal the absence of the sun.

if anything, the presence of suffering; of evil; of brokenness; greed, corruption; hate, 

if anything, all of these things validate the Bible; confirm, what the Bible says is true;

because there is good and evil.    because over and over, 'the world' in the Bible is described as just that:

broken; corrupt; evil   -fallen.

Christians are to be 'in it' but not 'of it.'   -consecrated, sanctified; set apart from..

salt and light; ambassadors for Christ, walking in love, with faith and hope

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as i've written before  -i love certain specific ministers for certain topics

and on the topic of 'the world'   -the fallen world and Christians place in it

i love the teachings of Charles Stanley.  He is in heaven, having died in 2023, but his legacy of Christian teachings is one of the most remarkable,  -we watch with some frequency; and when not directly watching,  -listen, while we clean the house, etc.

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what we can 'know for sure'    /thinking here of Oprah..

is that being a Christian does not make you immune to the effects of living in a fallen world;

does not make you immune to the effects of people who live by the flesh and not the spirit;

people who are unevolved, unsaved, unaware,  -slave to their egos; self-seeking; carnal..  hateful, mean, hurtful, evil

we are not Christians living in a Christian world.   A Christian world is..   heaven.

we are Christians living among secular; multiple faiths; agnostic; atheists..

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and i repeat here:  i LOVE being a Christian!   i LOVE walking in LOVE..    i LOVE the fruits of the spirit:

love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness   -self (not God) control.

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i have the advantage of *knowing there is an eternal life in heaven; innocent souls are embraced; although their physical containers die.     -* believing; we are believers not knowers; walk by faith, not sight.   [skipping here my understandings on how/why humans can 'believe' and/or 'know' and how we discern the difference internally]

i have an understanding of pain, suffering, trauma; maybe not specific to yours, 

but the common denominator, emotionally/spiritually speaking

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so, i have the advantage of knowing how valuable it is:

how valuable, crucial they both are:  thoughts.  and,  prayers.

all of this CH's here:    healing the hearts of all survivors

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conclude with two scriptures:

2 Corinthians 4:8..

We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

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Romans 12:17    -repay no one evil for evil

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   -Christian wardrobe  -not 'fashion' clothing; spiritual clothing to protect your hearts, minds, bodies from the schemes of the enemy (devil/darkness/evil) in this fallen world

belt of truth. breastplate of **righteousness. shoes of peace.  shield of faith.  helmet of salvation.  sword of the spirit.

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1 Corinthians 13:13    -and now these three remain: faith, hope & love.  But the greatest of these is..

LOVE.

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** it is the subject i'm most inspired to write about ...  soon.   

everywhere we are surrounded by t-shirts, posters, decor of many kinds that read

KINDNESS MATTERS.    and that is true; and that is good; and kindness is a fruit of the spirit.

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but, RIGHTEOUSNESS MATTERS!!    and if you could..

if i could wave the magic wand and change every one of the signs to read

RIGHTEOUSNESS MATTERS!!  it would help make my point; drive it home, as the saying goes..

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more later..   love & healing prayers, in Jesus trustworthy name..  God can and does comfort and heal the brokenhearted

i can testify.  i can be a witness.

hallelujah, selah & amen. 

posted by SANDRA MICKANEN @ 8:42 AM