We all wanted what we wanted, and when the Lord fulfilled HIS purpose rather than ours, we struck out against him. In anger. In disappointment. Yet, it is God's will that prevails.
Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.' Whatever happens is to His good purpose and for His glory. I am not afraid.
Some wounds broke open and had to be stitched closed with patience and prayer.
Silence did not always mean indifference
My lord, to accept God’s grace is to live with hope. If you but confess your sins and believe, the Lord will forgive you. Ask and he will come to dwell in your heart, and you will have the peace you c...
Michael took a cloth and dried her hair. When he finished, he pulled her close and cradled her in his arms. Flesh of my flesh, he whispered against her hair. Blood of my blood.
Jonathan closed his eyes. Oh, God, it’s not the way I had things planned. But then, what of real, lasting value ever is?
In Christ, you are His child. You are raised up with Him. You are forgiven. In Christ, you are a new creation, the very temple of the Holy Spirit. You are delivered from the power of darkness. You are...
If you love me as you claim to, then you love her as well. She’s part of me. Do you understand? She’s part of my flesh and my life. When you say things against her, you say them against me. When you c...
I've done everything for the wrong reasons. All the good works people credit to me are nothing because I did them expecting God to repay me. I thought if I worked hard enough, God would have to give m...
God salts the earth with the faithful because those who cling to the Lord in faith through all circumstances preserve the rest from complete destruction.
Everyone wanted to be the best. Best student. Best servant. Best Christian. They got caught up in it, pressing and pushing until they forgot whom it was they were trying to please.
Do my will, beloved. I drew you up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set your feet upon a rock.
Can’t sleep? Michael whispered. She shook her head. Turn on your side. When she did, he drew her back against him, tucking her into his body. The child shifted, snuggling deeper into the quilts and pr...
But strength alone, though of the Muses born, Is like a fallen angel: trees uptorn, Darkness, and worms, and shrouds, and sepulchers Delight it; for it feeds upon the burrs And thorns of life; forgett...
Blinding light filled the darkness. Someone clasped his wrist, lifting him, and in the midst of hell's cacophony, whispered, I am.
As a hart longs for flowing streams, so longs my soul for thee. PSALM 42 : 1
And the Holy Spirit helps us in our distress. For we don’t even know what we should pray for, nor how we should pray. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words....
A woman could be the wind beneath a man’s sails or a gale to send him into uncharted waters. She could be an anchor in stormy seas, or she could let him drift onto the rocks.
Was used to teachers just putting in time, not loaded with enthusiasm.