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Blog Entry 154 of 214 The Daily Devo
My thoughts based upon each day's One Year Bible reading selection.

Suffering Less
Contributed by: Steve Jones   on 8/9/2008

From today's Old Testament selection of the One Year Bible:
Ezra 9:13
"Now we are being punished because of our wickedness and our great guilt. But we have actually been punished far less than we deserve"

The suffering in our lives has many possible sources including:
- The sinful and evil actions of others against us
- Satan
- The simple fact that we live in a "fallen" and cursed environment
- Punishment for our own wickedness and guilt
- The discipline of God

Whichever of the above is the source of our suffering, and however severe our suffering may seem, this much is certain...if not for God's gracious intervention, it would be worse.

I thank God today for mitigating your suffering. Please thank God for mitigating mine.



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Steve Jones

Vero Beach , FL

Steve Jones has posted 214 blog entries and 12 comments since joining on 8/15/2006. Steve Jones 's average blog rating is 4.75.
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