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You can expect more than one divine test in your own faith journey, but God doesn’t use difficult circumstances to find out what we’ll do. He already knows us better than we know ourselves. He uses tests to reveal us to ourselves! He often uses a test to show us where we need improvement. A divine test usually exposes what might be called our default response to crisis. It starts as a self-preservation reflex. In time, we learn to respond to stress with expert agility without even thinking. And before we know it, we have a full-blown coping mechanism that takes over, keeping us from trusting in God.

CHARLES R. SWINDOLL

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My name is Richard Edwards, a man of God who has grown tremendously in my gift of writing. Consequently, this has fueled a passion within me to utilize this gift for the purpose of motivating, inspiring and educating people about various aspects of life. I'm motivated to paint pictures of life much like a masterful artist drawing a masterpiece on canvas because I truly believe that our words possess power. This site is not an attempt to shine as a writer – rather it is my hopes that this effort may one day grow to become a means of bringing people closer together around common interests as a community, inspire others to maximize their God-given potential and shed light on important spiritual and social issues. I want to encourage anyone visiting this blog to feel free to post your comments. I'm open to hearing your compliments and critiques as both are needed in an effort to continue developing. God bless, and thanks for taking the time to visit SKETCHES OF LIFE.

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