Despite the horror, we survivors were endowed with a will to survive. Or instinct. Or maybe it was faith.
We love Christmas presents but not Christ; Easter baskets but not crosses. We want to tell our friends with cancer that we will pray for them (we don__) and our puddle-eyed children that their goldfish have gone to heaven (doubtful). When we lose our jobs we want to take comfort in the idea that God doesn__ give us more than we can handle, but really, how can we? We have absolutely no idea what God has given us or what it might be for. We haven__ talked to Him in ages.
Elijah & the SAT: Reflections on a hairy old desert prophet and the benchmarking of our children's lives
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We love Christmas presents but not Christ; Easter baskets but not crosses. We want to tell our friends with cancer that we will pray for them (we don__) and our puddle-eyed children that their goldfish have gone to heaven (doubtful). When we lose our jobs we want to take comfort in the idea that God doesn__ give us more than we can handle, but really, how can we? We have absolutely no idea what God has given us or what it might be for. We haven__ talked to Him in ages.
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