• Silent Cal

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  Scripture:  James 1:2-4

  Tags:  God In The Hardships

"SILENT CAL"

President Calvin Coolidge was a man of few words, and the words he spoke were often blunt. A female journalist once told him, "Mr. President I made a $100 bet with another journalist that I could get you to say more than three words. Would you care to comment?" Calvin Coolidge smiled and said, "You lose." That's how he got the nickname "Silent Cal."

Some people think of God as "Silent God." When they are going through painful trials and tribulations, they cry out, "Why, God? Why me? Where are you, God?" And it seems as if heaven is silent. But the Bible teaches God cares and He has spoken.

(From a sermon by Fred Markes, Got Questions, 8/30/2011)