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Looking for something else, I found this, this morning… So to any of you who may be at the end of your emotional or spiritual rope, here’s a lift… I was nearing the end of my third year of seminary. To make ends meet, I’d been working full-time while taking a full load of classes. My salary came from commissions, and the marketplace had suddenly dried up. Home life was nonstop action with an eighteen-month-old baby and rambunctious twin boys. Beyond that, Theresa and I were involved in a flourishing college ministry, which, along with success, produced more and more stress. I was at the end of my emotional rope. For three years I had gotten less than five hours of sleep each night. I was discouraged, tired, and broke. I didn’t know how we were going to pay the bills, and I was seriously contemplating calling it quits. “If this is what you get when you follow Christ with all your heart, “I thought, “Maybe it’s time to check out of the Christian life – at least... Read the rest of this entry »