“A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.”- Proverbs 19:11 As Sara Horn continues Chapter 6 of How Can I Possibly Forgive?, she pauses to unpack Proverbs 19:11. She believes there are great truths in this Scripture that we can apply when we desire to let go of our hurts. […]
“So we must not tire of doing good, for we will reap at the proper time if we don’t give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, we must work for the good of all, especially for those who belong to the household of faith.”- Galatians 6:9-10 In Chapter 6 of How Can I Possibly Forgive?, […]
As John Ortberg concludes Chapter 16 of Soul Keeping, he notes that Walter Brueggeman speaks of “psalms of disorientation.” The are psalms in which the soul is disoriented, God appears to be absent, and darkness is winning. The psalmist vents and boils over at God rather than demonstrating a polite piety- an honest faith. John […]
John Ortberg begins Chapter 16 (“Dark Night of the Soul”) of Soul Keeping by observing that if you ask people who don’t believe in God why they don’t believe, the number one reason they give is suffering. Conversely, if you ask people who believe in God what helped them achieve the most spiritual growth, the […]
“The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.”- Lamentations 3:25 “Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often harder than to work.”- Peter Marshall In one of Vicki’s previous work lives, she was employed as a tour director for World Wide Country […]