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I’m sorry for my silence over the past few weeks.  This has been partly due to my having a nasty virus which dragged me down.  It is at times like these that we find how our outlook on life can become quite negative.  The Lord we honour and love in normal times can seem far away when our health is affected.  But we know that God does not change and He is still looking after us and caring for us just the same as always.  The old christians used to talk about our “frames,” meaning frame of mind and how changeable they are, but God does not change.  We may not feel this truth when we are low but we can still declare it to be true thus showing our belief.  Belief isn’t a cosy feeling it is a determined declaring of what we believe.  But then, of course, it is easy for me to say this now that I feel better.  I hope you will be encouraged to know that just because you feel bad it doesn’t mean that your position with God has in any way changed from when you felt well.  God loves His children because He loves them and not because of anything they do for Him.

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