ASHES

I was sitting on my chair when I saw a book on the coffee table. When I picked it up I read on the back cover: “But these strange ashes, Lord, this nothingness, this baffling sense of loss?—- Amy Carmichel

May be it was one year ago when I was sitting on the same chair and may be I said it even out loud in a very depressing voice: ‘Ashes, nothing left but ashes.’ That means everything is burned up.– May be YOU have never come to that point in your Christian Life.

But I remembered straight away what a sign writer wrote :”GOD’S GREATEST PLEASURE IS MAKING MIRACLES FROM THE DUST OF DESPAIR!

John 12:24

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The phrase “AT THE END OF THE DAY” is still very much alive. Automatically I counted it today eleven times while listening to a business tax workshop. If somebody would have told me that when I woke up this morning I would not have believed it.

I always say: “At the end of the day…. WHAT?

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From Depression…………..Fears

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FEAR: Isaiah 43:1

– for I have redeemed you

– I have called you by NAME

– You are mine

What more do we want?

Is that not enough?

 

ANXIETY: Philippians 4:4-6

ANGER: Ephesians 4:26

STRESS: A house hunter says:” It was stressful because you have to put your faith in other people, people you might not know very well.”

When you put your faith in God stress goes. Acts 16:31

DEPRESSION: Today in the news (Voice of Germany) 450 Million people suffering worldwide from depression. They probably don’t have any HOPE!

The Bible says a lot about the hope Christians have. Romans 8:24,25

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