Today’s guest-writer with his decease knows that whether we’re going through the worst of times or the best of times, history and our own experiences show us that life does go on.
Though we can not say this to everybody at any time.
“There is an appointed time for everything.
And there is a time for every event under heaven —
A time to give birth and a time to die…
A time to weep and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn and a time to dance.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-4)I thought about the above passage last week when our daughter gave birth to a beautiful seven pound girl on Wednesday, then a close friend died of cancer on Friday – “A time to give birth and a time to die.”
Twenty years later after our guest-writer Bill was diagnosed with ALS he still goes strong and inspires many people with what he writes on the net, reaching many in countries who would never come to. His writing are clearly inspired by God’s Spirit, Who is able to give incredible powers to those who are willing to give themselves in the hands of God.
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To remember
life’s great highs + lows = day-to-day life > seem so trivial
we tell ourselves that we’ll never again settle for the trivial life
our emotional or spiritual highs & lows gradually find their old balance => return to a mundane normalcy
=> root cause of much of addiction + depression we see around us
answer? = “Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.” (Romans 12:15)
focus not on the personal and professional “highs” missed => make conscious effort to focus on good things in life
Life = hard == much easier if we surround ourselves with people that won’t only rejoice with us in the good times but will also support us in the difficult times.
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Preceding: Why are you afraid?
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Further reading
- What Would You Say?
- Time slowed
- Courting Joy
- Still Life
- Survivor or Fighter?
- 5 Things You Need to Know About Life (1 min read)
- Opportunity Meets Impression! (2 min read)
- The Road Ahead
- Solace Can be Found
- It starts again….
- Silent Screams
- Just
- On the topic of crying
- Fibromyalgia and remission
- Suicidal thoughts
- Behind the face, the mask.
- Dignity
- 005 Coping with depression
- Losing Friends, Making Friends
- Experimenting
- Daily Shorts – Can I Run Away?
- Perfect Love
- Depression I
- It feels weird
- The Steps of Falling Apart
- Better Days: Creating Change
- 02.47
“Life Goes On”
Whether we’re going through the worst of times or the best of times, history and our own experiences show us that life does go on. This is true, but I don’t recommend saying “life goeson” to someone who is grieving the loss of a loved one.
“There is an appointed time for everything.
And there is a time for every event under heaven —
A time to give birth and a time to die…
A time to weep and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn and a time to dance.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-4)
I thought about the above passage last week when our daughter gave birth to a beautiful seven pound girl on Wednesday, then a close friend died of cancer on Friday – “A time to give birth and a time to die.”
Those who are grieving and those who are rejoicing have this…
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Thank you for linking me. It’s a great honour to be in your further reading section 🙂
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Thanks for visiting my blog and adding me to your Further Reading list! I´ve read your post and I will be checking out some of the other blogs you have included.
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Thank you for the link back. I love the collection you’ve pulled together here, and have bookmarked it to explore a little more!
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Lovely. Hopefully you’ll find several interesting articles.
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We sincerely hope we shall be able to present more interesting articles from the net, giving the opportunity to get to know interesting articles and other blogs, as well as presenting interesting contributions of those who wanted to join us to share different thoughts on a variety of subjects which might of interest to many.
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