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I recently was read a message from a man who describes himself as a "free thinker" defending his position denying Christianity. He felt it was unfair to proclaim your religion is true based on faith and deny other religions based on reason and logic, which he felt was the usual case. He basically used logic and reason to deny all religion. This prompted me to think about why I believe in Jesus Christ as God incarnate and savior. I recalled grappling with my faith during the most grueling phases of my wife's illness. Why do I have faith? If one can reason away a multitude of religions based on logic, and many people reason away Christianity, then why do I continue to believe? I continue to believe based on my experience of God and his power in my life. I recalled wanting to share with a lost friend that Jesus Christ is the one true way. What could I possibly say that would persuade faith? Some people have problems in the way they think that can be addressed with logi

My wife and I had determined that her health was doing well enough that we could finally take that European vacation of which we had been dreaming. So, we started planning. But during this long planning period is when the colitis came back. Though the steroids were started and it treated the colitis well, it sort of angered her abdominal migraines a bit. So, it left me feeling quite uncertain and fearful of traveling internationally where we had less access to health care. My mind started flooding with "what if's". What if she needed to be hospitalized? What if she had a horrible abdominal migraine attack? What if the customs officials didn't like us bringing all this medicine into there country and it was confiscated? What if someone stole her medication while we were out of the room? WHAT IF?! I was overwhelmed with anxiety thinking of all of this. So much so that I thought, "Vacations are supposed to be fun. This is NOT fun. We should just cancel this trip!