by Zeke Flores<\/p>\n
Life is full of surprises. Some are pleasant, but many, maybe even most, are not. Unpleasant, stressful, unexpected, and unwelcome events require adjustments, not only in action but also in attitude.<\/p>\n
A real, lasting attitude adjustment can only be done by trust and confidence in God, Who may not take away your burdens, but will <\/b>help you have a stronger back.<\/p>\n “And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit, so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything<\/em>” (I Thessalonians 1:6-8).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Zeke Flores Life is full of surprises. Some are pleasant, but many, maybe even most, are not. Unpleasant, stressful, unexpected, and unwelcome events require adjustments, not only in action but also in attitude. A real, lasting attitude adjustment can only be done by trust and confidence in God, Who may not take away your…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[250,129],"class_list":["post-87705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-confidence","tag-trust"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62367,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-sponsoring-church-arrangement-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":87705,"position":0},"title":"The Sponsoring Church Arrangement (Jennings)","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 28, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"by Ethan Jennings Not long after World War 2, members of the Lord's church decided they wanted to take the gospel overseas to the countries with whom we had been at war. 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