Yvon and Elisabeth Roméus Until He comes / Jusqu'à ce qu'Il revienne
Yvon and I decided that I would be followed by a mid-wife for our first child. That meant that we were accepting that when I would deliver, there wouldn’t be the option of taking the epidural, except for an emergency situation where I would be transferred to the hospital. You can already imagine, especially if you’re a mother, what that might represent!
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Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. Benjamin Franklin
Even though we are now done with our training, one of the lessons we learned during classes is that we will be continuous learners. Of course this seems obvious for most people, but I guess it is a good reminder for us as we just finished “studying” for the past years. It is easy to fall into the habit to think that we have arrived and do not have knowledge to acquire no more. One thing is certain: God is not done with us and He is continually teaching us like a father.
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Trials are purposeful. Trials are tests for the purpose of growth in godliness. Trials are divinely design not to test whether our faith is genuine but for the purpose of purifying the faith that is genuine […]. Trials exist to refine and purify the faith that already exists. C.J. Mahaney
Would it not be just easier if we could become mature instantaneously? Obtain godliness without having to go through trials and difficulties of life?
Sometimes, my thoughts wonder about those kinds of questions. Yet, I need to be reminder that God has a purpose to allow me to endure those trials. And I need to remember that God is wise in his choices and that those circumstances bring me closer to Him.
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To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches. Marcus Tullius Cicero
When you read “living simply”, what comes into your minds?
For more than a semester, we lived in a house without running water. So, this suggests that we had no washroom in our apartment.
Picture this:
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