“Truly God works in mysterious ways. The wheels of His mercy and justice move quietly, but they do move.” Billy Graham Built into the human spirit is a quest for justice. Many have given their lives to the service of justice, but the path to that end is long ...
Read More »Fear: A Treasure?
False Evidence Appearing Real Often, this is what fear is: something vague, somewhere in the distance, something deceptive that seems so real to our emotions. We fear the very thought of so many dreadful things that could happen, though most will never materialize. The thought “what if” often brings with ...
Read More »An Answer to Discouragement and Despair
Many of the old hymns we find such comfort in today came from the experience of great tragedy and loss in the lives of their composers. Feelings of discouragement and even despair were poured out in the words of their music, but so also were feelings of comfort and contentment ...
Read More »Trust God and Put Yourself In Gear
Are you in a quandary? Does the right direction seem overwhelmingly illusive? Are you so confused about moving ahead that you are parked at the “wait here sign” for the second week in a row? I’m not saying waiting is bad, but waiting too long in one spot because you ...
Read More »Plucking Out and Cutting Off: Is It Worth the Pain?
If your right eye makes you stumble and leads you to sin, tear it out and throw it away [that is, remove yourself from the source of temptation]; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be ...
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