“ But the witness of the substitutionary atonement of Jesus is that God's most difficult promise has been kept. Sheila Walsh
“ The Father is truly the only Promise Maker who is in earnest a Promise Keeper. A promise from God is a promise kept. Sheila Walsh
“ ...I believe that doubts, honestly expressed and wrestled with, produce a faith that is stronger and more intimate than doubts suppressed under the veneer of faith. Sheila Walsh
“ What I think we as the church lack, though, is a place to talk about how things really are right now. In our desire to be an inspiration to one another we often veil what is true, because what is true… Sheila Walsh
“ It is much more difficult to deal with the truth about your life when you have no idea that you have feet of clay and it suddenly begins to rain. Sheila Walsh
“ I never knew You lived so close to the floor,but every time I am bowed down,crushed by this weight of grief,I feel Your hand on my head,Your breath on my cheek,Your tears on my neck.You never tell me… Sheila Walsh
“ One day we will all stand alone and answer to God for the choices we have made in our lives. It will not be enough to say we did not get help because no one would come with us. Life is not easy, but w… Sheila Walsh
“ Perhaps, too, in the "shift-the-blame" society we live in, we have forgotten how to weep over our sins. David, the psalm writer, said, "When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all… Sheila Walsh
“ Whether Jesus calms the storm or calms us in the storm, His love is the same, and His grace is enough. Sheila Walsh
“ I know it all, and I still love you." That is the convicting, convincing, liberating truth that comes from an encounter with Christ: all is known; there is no need to pretend anymore. I wrestled with… Sheila Walsh
“ Jesus never encouraged His friends to cover over the pain in their lives, but to bring it into the light, where healing is found. Sometimes we don't do that because we fear being rejected by others. Y… Sheila Walsh
“ ...the greatest barrier to intimacy is fear -- fear of being known, fear of being rejected, fear of facing the truth about ourselves......We are afraid to be known because at some deep level we fear t… Sheila Walsh
“ I now think it takes more faith to name our need than to keep believing that something will happen and not doing anything about it. It takes faith, and great courage, to get help, to take the first pa… Sheila Walsh
“ Sometimes we simply don't want to face the truth about ourselves; the myth reads so much better. Sometimes we do not seek help because it will mean we have to change, and change is painful and unpredi… Sheila Walsh
“ There are some of you here today who feel like dead people. It is as if you are already six feet under, staring up at the top of your own locked coffin. This morning Jesus wants to set you free. You s… Sheila Walsh
