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What God Has to Say About Your Great Loss

Loss is really painful in the holidays.

overcoming loss in holidays
Our family’s loss shadows the holiday season/Steve Blaising/Lake Athens

I was in a boat launching from shore this past summer when I got the call.

My brother-in-law died unexpectedly at 57 just months before we lost dad.

So, our family gathers this holiday season with two vacant chairs.

How do suffering folks cope in the holidays?

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What God Has to Say About Your Great Loss

Survive any nightmare with a good name

Your name is all you’ve got.  Once it’s gone, everything is gone.

We watched Christine Ford pour out her heart to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

survivng a good name
Ford and Kavanaugh, Who Told the Truth?/Saul Loeb/Getty Images

And then we took a break for lunch before Brett Kavanaugh appeared with heartfelt denials.

The FBI report showed no corroboration of Christine Ford’s sexual assault allegation against Brett Kavanaugh.

But, the long-term fallout for both is the damage to their name.

Here are 3 takeaways on how to survive this nasty world with a good name.

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Survive any nightmare with a good name

Three Essentials Necessary for a Wealthy and Peaceful Life

Three essentials for wealth and peace jumped at me from a tree!

3 Essentials for Wealth
500 year old Angel Oak tree/Dale Dudley/Shutterstock

No matter how smart or lucky you are, prosperity can elude your grasp.

You must grow 3 deep roots for a wealthy and peaceful life.

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Three Essentials Necessary for a Wealthy and Peaceful Life

Global Financial Collapse on the Horizon? Hope Not!

Don’t laugh at the possibility of a global financial collapse.

It almost happened ten years ago and I still can’t believe it.

On Sunday September 14, 2008, the Treasury Secretary of the United States was on his cell phone down the hall from his office so no one could hear him.

Hank Paulson was panic stricken and he wanted to talk to his wife Wendy.

“What if the system collapses?  Everybody is looking to me, and I don’t have the answer.  I am really scared.”  Henry M. Paulson Jr., On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System

Let that sink in for a minute.

Could you ever imagine the Treasury Secretary of the United States scared?

Days later he pleas with every leader of our government for quick action.

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The brink of financial collapse 2008/Steve Blaising/The Doctrine of the Future and the Marketplace

Here are four things to know about the possibility of another collapse.

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Global Financial Collapse on the Horizon? Hope Not!