Questioning Life

uffering is incidental to life. However, how we respond to suffering is largely up to us. Some deal with suffering by trying to avoid its effect, thus suppressing it in unhealthy ways. Others, like those in some ancient cultures and some today, seek after pain. Christ enters our suffering and redeems it.

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“I got this,” is a common phrase many of us say. It implies that we can get this or that done without any help from others. Truth be told, most of us need help, some of us are willing to admit it. The law of God, revealed in such forms as the Ten Commandments, tells us what we need to do.

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Many teenagers lay in bed wondering what the purpose of life is. As we become older the routines of life dull this essential life question. Are we just a random occurrence on this planet? Are we just to survive and survive as best we can? Or, do we have a higher purpose? Hundreds of years ago a group of scholars gathered to answer questions such as this one.

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We all long for a better home. Where is the world going? Will things get better? Worse? Or is this all there will ever be? Are all our efforts for goodness and justice just striving against the wind?

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