How are we to understand God’s answers? God says, if we “have ears that hear and eyes that see” (Prov.20:12; Matt. 13:16), we will hear and see what God is saying, trust in everything He gives, but also trust in what He withholds, knowing that He is always perfect in His judgments and always good in His decisions. That’s exactly what faith is (Heb. 11:1, 6).

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One of the greater lies we all heard as a child was, "Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me." That was and is pure baloney.

Even little words and condemnations we heard as children have stayed with us all our lives. Remember what you heard 20-30-50 years ago? "You will never amount to anything. You'll never change. I can't stand you. I hate you. You're such a klutz. Don't you think you’re getting a little chubby."

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