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appy February!
I am reminded of a song from the early 60’s by Sam Cooke. “Cupid” It’s about enlisting the help of cupid to pierce the heart of a girl he wanted so badly to love only him. Cupid, draw back your bow And let your arrow go, straight to my lover’s heart for me…. Cupid with your arrow make her love strong for me, I promise I will love her until eternity… Reflecting on this, I started to remember how painful heartache can be. Realizing further that the heartache we endure leads us closer to God, closer to DIVINE LOVE!
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I felt the heartache of a friend of mine this past week. She was suffering, not because she was at the side of her dying father, but because she was uncertain of where he would be spending eternity. She ached for the love of her father’s soul. Wow! I was so moved by this, and so inspired by her love.
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She called on her friends to ask that they pray for him to turn to God in his last moments of life; and to ask God to have mercy on him. Now, it’s important to know that this was a very kind, compassionate, gentle man all of his life. However, she knew her father could not wrap his heart around all the suffering in our world and could not understand how our God could allow it, and turned away from him because of it. So thankful she asked me to pray for her father. So glad we have a merciful God.
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Why suffering? Suffering can bring about a good. If God eliminated suffering, the corresponding good also would be eliminated. So suffering leads to charity (love), the unleashing of love in a human person, the unselfish gift of one’s self. Only when we are weak do many of us rely on God. We become humbled and small and recognize our need to trust God. Think about cupid’s arrow piercing the heart of the girl. The result is that her heartache led her towards the man that loved her. She drew near. We saw Jesus suffer on the cross with a pierced heart. It was from his pierced heart and his suffering that we are given the opportunity of eternal life. His suffering brings us closer to Heaven. What power flows from the pierced heart! “Love is stronger than death” (Song 8.6) Love is stronger than death because love does not cease to give life even after death.
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Cover Model Kenneth, age 5 Meet our cover kid, Kenneth (5 years). This guy loves to pretend. Most of his day is spent acting out fantasies. He lives to be a superhero in training, or a ninja warrior, and often recruits his little sister, Helen (2 years), as his apprentice. Sometimes he’s off producing commercials about his latest Lego design or making “movies” with the mini figures. Kenneth also loves to be outside climbing...I mean “ninja training”. Another of his loves are books, drawing and anything associated with his precious “screen-time”. Favorite foods? Superheroes don’t have time to think about favorite foods, they have criminals to capture and adventures to plan. Unless it’s pizza; everybody can stop for pizza! Kenneth’s parents said they are so thankful every day for their little guy—I mean superhero! Cover photography by
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