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December 6, 2022December 7, 2022 Edward Ruiz Christmas, Grief, Jesus, Suffering

How to Deal with Grief at Christmas

The course of grief invariably leads us through seasons, like Christmas and it invariably crosses thresholds of painful memories. But the realization that grief is like a watercourse directed by God which we need not fully grasp or understand will help us move toward accepting the grief when it comes.  

May 18, 2022May 18, 2022 Edward Ruiz Anxiety, General Counsel, Suffering

Where is God? (Pt 2)

God has the prerogative of silence, but we must also always realize, he has already spoken. He will not speaking anything new. Rather, he will, by his Spirit, use his Word to cause you to hear what is he saying to you in your pain.

March 18, 2022 Edward Ruiz Grief, Suffering

A Comfort Received

Introduction: March 28th is the first anniversary of my late wife going to glory. Her name was Heidi. And that is how best to put it that she is in glory. She is not dead but with the Lord. Though we wait for the resurrection of the body (1 Cor 15:42), we know in the … Continue reading A Comfort Received

February 18, 2022February 18, 2022 Edward Ruiz General Counsel, Suffering

Transformed by the Power of the Gospel

Transformation by the power of the gospel is a transformation wrought by the work of Spirit of Christ in us as we come to him according to his invitation. Transformation by the power of the gospel bears certain kinds of fruit that enable us to know whether transformation is occurring; whether Christ is supplying our needs according to his promise.

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January 28, 2022February 1, 2022 Edward Ruiz General Counsel, Suffering

Where is God?

Close yours eyes. Contemplate the essence of your pain. Consider your loss, your suffering, your hardship, your ailment, your difficulty, your struggle, the thing in your life you desperately wish were different…then, as you go to that deep, dark place of silent aloneness, ask the question: God, where are you?

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