When we listen with a sincere desire to know someone’s perspective, when we seek to understand the heart behind their ideas, beliefs, fears, and aspirations, we are participating in a remarkable act of compassion.
Maybe the point of loss is to show us that all is actually not lost.
Jesus spoke life-altering words, but He backed them up with redemptive action—not only on the cross but through the way He loved people.
I was also acutely aware of the fact that eyes were on me at all times.
For years I relied on the power of “niceness.”
You don’t have to continue to live stretched too thin — exhausted, stressed, frustrated, and drained.
That the marriage of two imperfect people is the perfect recipe for God’s glory to manifest itself to a longing world.
God is present not only in prayer and meditation rooms but also in the dense fertility of life crashing everywhere.
As important as it is for us to know where we do belong, it’s important for us to know where we do not.
He has more plans for you than you have for yourself.
Who is in control? God is. He has my good in mind, and He is 100 percent ready to display His glory in and through my weakness.
The truest love we can show our neighbors around the globe is to bring them an opportunity to know the God who made them and loves them.
Let’s look with fresh eyes at the attitudes that made Jesus angry and see if we can move things in the right direction.
I cannot make you believe He is good. I can only trust the sovereignty of God because I also trust the sweetness of Jesus.
The curse of being easily deceived died when Jesus rose from the dead.
