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This cartoon\u00a0by NakedPastor<\/a> touched on one of my pet peeves. It really bothers me when people talk about their good fortune in terms of God being good to them \u2013 with the implication that God has been not so good to the person who has not recovered from the illness, who was in an accident rather than a near miss, who is still trying to find a job, or whatever else.<\/p>\n

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This cartoon\u00a0by NakedPastor touched on one of my pet peeves. It really bothers me when people talk about their good fortune in terms of God being good to them \u2013 with the implication that God has been not so good to the person who has not recovered from the illness, who was in an accident […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nGod Has Been So Good\/Bad To Me<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This cartoon by NakedPastor touched on one of my pet peeves. 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