He knew that beauty faded quickly when embodied by selfishness,
This generation seems to see children as a financial burden and responsibility to be avoided.
Leaving the group, he reclined on a couch, drank morosely, and watched people. He noticed the games they played with one another. They put on masks of civility, all while spewing their venom.
Singing has to come from the inside, and i don’t have anything left inside.’‘really? How did that happen?’‘it all just drained out.
He had the tool to break down the walls that imprisoned his people. He had the tool to rip away the veil to the Holy of Holies so that his flock could come before the Lord and be cleansed, made whole,...
What does the body matter if the soul is dead?
These conquerors of the world are slaves to their passions, and someday their passions will bring them down.
Rather than remain a sealed jar, she sought only to pour herself out to others. Everything she did mirrored her faith. It was as though every waking hour of the day she was devoted to pleasing her God...
Life is like a pond, and every decision and act we commit, good or bad, is a pebble flung into it. The ripples spread in widening circles.
Only later did he remember his pride-and the shattering cost of an illusive sense of freedom.
It was as though her tongue were a heavy weight in her mouth, and now her heart was even heavier for having kept silent.
Lord, you are God! You made us. Who better to know how to fix us when we've gone wrong? who better to set us to rights again? Who better to love us through the fire and refine us into something beauti...
Have you ever been to the beach and wanted to feed the seagulls? The problem is you tear off a little crust from your sandwich and toss it to one, and ten more show up. Toss a little more and a flock...
Julia was blind and deaf to to the truth. She was ignorant. Did one reprove a blind woman for inability to see? Did one become angry with the deaf for not hearing?
If God wills that I die, then I die. No power on earth can change that.
God's will isn't hidden away like the myths and philosophies and knowledge of the world. Jesus told us openly and daily what his will for us is. Love one another.
Those selling abortion don't want them to have [the facts], Virginia said heatedly. Besides the Supreme Court doesn't agree with you. They judges seem to think we poor women would fall apart if we kne...
In the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will direct your paths (Proverbs 3:5-6). We can choose to be self-sufficient or to rely on...
Who are you to say whether she is of use? She is alive! That is statement enough.
However this child was conceived, God will be the Father. My baby won't enter the world unloved or unwanted. If I can't feel a full measure of joy, I know the Lord will.