Learning to live after loss blog

  • Julie and Eric Fillinger Wedding Day

    No One Needs Two Wives

    Waiting on God is hard. And we are tempted to take matters in our own hands. But c’mon Abraham? Even though your wife suggested that you should maybe try to have children with her maid, should you really have taken her up on it? No one needs two wives. 

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  • Give Them The Razzle Dazzle 

    Our son Drew is on a National Broadway Tour of the hit musical, Chicago. The lawyer in the story is a master at The Razzle Dazzle. He assures his client that he will present a theatrical defense, making the jury forget about the truth and focus on the show.  

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  • Adoption

    From Grief to Joy: The Gift of Adoption

    My nephew Carter was born 6 months after Nicholas died. When we were helplessly wallowing in a pit of grief, it was as if God gave us this gift as a reminder that there is life after death. He has been a healing balm to our hearts ever since

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  • Let the Law send me to Christ

    I am still hung up on traffic laws. I have struggled with this my whole driving life. Even writing this for all the world to see means accountability I don’t want. It shouldn’t be this big of a deal. But the Holy Spirit won’t leave me alone. 

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  • I am cursed

    I am Cursed! 

    I am not a big rule follower. This includes traffic laws. I thought I was meant to be a racecar driver, but there was a price to pay. As hard as I tried to be good, I couldn’t stop this behavior. It’s because by nature, I am cursed.  

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  • Who Put a Hex on You?

    Have you ever been duped into believing something, only to find out later it wasn’t true? Sometimes this happens and it is just a minor inconvenience or slight embarrassment. But sometimes the consequences of being duped are huge, as if someone put a hex on you! 

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