Spring Comes Hard
Published March 23, 2012We had our usual equinox storm. When March arrives in the White Mountains it seems to follow the adage, “In like a lion, out like a lamb.” This same note can be added to critical transitions in our lives. Right now several of our NHCF people are looking for work. Things change. People get caught-up in the ebb and flow of forces beyond their control. We do our best to cope, but in the process we get roughed-up. None of us like the “lion treatment.” Yet, after the storm comes the calm, even a season of mild and temperate weather. […]
read moreWhy Does God Give Us Trials?
Published February 10, 2012It seems that lately misfortune is befalling many of our family members, friends and acquaintances. People are getting sick, and not with ordinary, treatable illnesses. Many are losing strength, faith and self-control. There are some who have had to endure what seems like, at first glance, more than they could ever be expected to handle. The question on many people’s minds is how God could allow these bad things to happen. Did God every promise us a rose garden? Certainly not. Since the beginning of time, people’s lives have been full of both ease and trials, peace and angst, successes […]
read moreBeing Overcomers
Published October 28, 2011We’ve been spending time considering what it means to be an overcomer. Jesus tells us to be overcomers. We are to join Him in “overcoming the world” (John 16.33). He tells us to “take courage.” Yes, it takes courage to be an overcomer. It also takes faith. The beloved disciple John tells us in his first letter that “faith is the victory that overcomes the world” (1 Jn. 5.4,5). It seems so simple, yet, why is it so hard? Our natural inclination is to succumb to the circumstances around us because they’re in our faces. They get hold of our […]
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