“We are so quick to judge the quality of our lives and the reliability of God based on individual events rather than the eventual good God is working on putting together. We must know that just like the master baker has reasons to allow the flour and eggs in right measure into his recipe, Jesus […]
“Who do you want standing near you in those moments dripping with disappointment and saturated with sorrow? . . . It’s those clothed with garments of understanding. They have personally experienced that his life between two gardens can sometimes make it excruciatingly painful to be human.”- Lysa TerKeurst “Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and […]
“Every single one of us is a masterpiece. And at the same time, you might say we all have parts in process. So we can expect difficulties to arise in even the healthiest of relationships.”- Alison Cook and Kimberly Miller As Alison Cook and Kimberly Miller continue Chapter 14 of Boundaries for Your Soul, they […]
“When you focus with compassion on a troubling part of yourself, you are caring for that part holistically — addressing its unhelpful thoughts and the painful emotions it carries. This process involves prayerfully inviting the Holy Spirit to draw close to this specific part of you.”- Alison Cook and Kimberly Miller Alison Cook and Kimberly […]
“The goal is not to eradicate parts of your soul carrying anger, fear, sadness, envy, or shame, but to lead them with curiosity and compassion.”- Alison Cook and Kimberly Miller Alison Cook and Kimberly Miller conclude Chapter 3 of Boundaries for Your Soul as they stress the powerful faculty of the creative mind. When the […]
“You watch over me in the darkest valleys/ You watch over me when the night seems long/ You help me to see the way before me/ You watch over me”- Aaron Shust “The LORD watches over you — the LORD is your shade at your right hand; the LORD will watch over your coming and […]
“It’s relatively easy to pontificate on how to live the gospel; it’s infinitely harder to incarnate the gospel in your life.”- Ann Voskamp “When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd.”- Mark 6:34 (ESV) As Ann Voskamp continues Chapter 17 […]
“Sometimes what we think may break us is but a brake to save us.”- Ann Voskamp In Chapter 17 (“How to Find Heroes in a Suffering World”) of The Broken Way, Ann Voskamp observes that wounds that never heal = wounds mourned alone. Furthermore, you tell yourself you’re ready for God to heal your wound […]
“The thread of your life becomes a tapestry of abundant colors only if it ties itself to other lives. . . . let threads of your life break away to let Christ, who is in us, weave around other threads.”- Ann Voskamp Ann Voskamp continues Chapter 15 of The Broken Way by noting that the […]
“By clearing away some of the confusion about forgiveness, we lay the foundation for our own freedom. The stone wall encasing our hearts can be broken, freeing us from our rocks of resentment.”- June Hunt June Hunt begins Chapter 3(“Stone Her! Stone Her! What Forgiveness Is, What Forgiveness Isn’t”) of How to Forgive by citing […]
Jonah began to go into the city, going a day’s journey. And he called out, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.”- Jonah 3:4 As John Ortberg continues Chapter 8 of All the Places to Go, he observes that the story of Jonah is “left on a strange, unresolved, discordant note”- on purpose. Pastor Ortberg emphasizes […]
“Faith is climbing out on a limb, cutting it off, and watching the tree fall.”- Anonymous In Chapter 18 (“Cut the Cable”) of The Grave Robber, Mark Batterson states that modern skyscrapers are possible as a result of Elisha Otis’ invention of an elevator braking system that ensured the elevator’s safety. With this braking system, […]