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Some people refuse to sweep things under the rug and make believe everything is just fine. Other people (who are too scared or lazy to take the risk) settle. I don’t want to be other people anymore.
“[T]he world was made by a God who is a community of persons who have loved each other for all eternity. You were made for mutually self-giving, other-directed love.” Tim Keller
“Love is patient (persevering bravely without losing heart).” 1 Corinthians 13:4
When it’s storming upside-down and sideways and you’re inside by a roaring fire, you get a glimpse of what it means to have a place of safety and refuge.
“Lord, You are . . . my place of safety and refuge in the day of trouble and distress.” Jeremiah 16:19
Father, a lot of things lately seem upside-down and sideways. Remind me often today that You are my place of safety and refuge in the midst.
When it’s storming upside-down and sideways and you’re inside by a roaring fire, you get a glimpse of what it means to have a place of safety and refuge.
“Lord, You are . . . my place of safety and refuge in the day of trouble and distress.” Jeremiah 16:19
Father, a lot of things lately seem upside-down and sideways. Remind me often today that You are my place of safety and refuge in the midst.
When somebody you love is struggling and sinking and scared, you’ll probably be struggling and sinking and scared, too, until you remember (for both of you) how safe and soaring trust is.
“Trust (be bold and confident and safe and secure and without care) in the Lord with your whole inner being -- your whole mind and imagination and will and heart and soul.” Proverbs 3:5
“Those who wait expectantly for the Lord . . . will soar on wings like eagles.” Isaiah 40:31
When you’re in discontented, me-monster mode, you can choose to stay that way or you can choose to get well. It all depends on what you want.
“Do you want to get well?” John 5:6
“[W]e can choose to see our circumstances as limitations, or [we can] choose to see them as divinely appointed gateways [through which we] learn more of God’s goodness, His faithfulness, His kindness. . . .” Barbara Brand
I have a young friend named Gracie who lives with all her heart. When she hears about something new and unknown, her eyes shine and get even bigger. Do mine?
“Keep on asking. . . . Keep on seeking. . . . Keep on knocking. . . .” Luke 11:9
“Longing is the heart’s treasury.” St. Augustine
