Sometimes those who suffer from an illness, an injury, or a disability feel trapped or enclosed. The walls seem to press in, and we feel limited and powerless. Experience teaches us that one of the first things suffering does is to make us look inward...
How does a Christian who is bruised and battered by very deep trials remain tender toward God instead of becoming bitter or cynical? By remembering this: Our God suffered first, and He has suffered more...
Today’s Scripture reads simply, “You are of Christ, and Christ is of God.” Have more powerful words ever been written? Take a minute to think this through with me. God gave you to Jesus. You—yes, you—are the Father’s love-gift to His Son...
“If there is a God and He is good, as you say He is,” someone asks, “why does He allow suffering in the world? Why doesn’t He just get rid of it?” There is an answer to that question—if people are willing to hear it...
Today’s Scripture reminds us to “keep in step with the Spirit.” That’s a word we Christians need to hear. It’s far too easy for us to dash off into our day and race ahead of God—or maybe lag behind when He urges us forward...
Sometimes the solution to a huge difficulty is so near at hand, so obvious, that we walk right by it. That may be the case with anxiety in our lives...
Joy does not rest in the reality of life’s circumstances. Joy rests in something (someone) deeper. Christian joy flows from knowing that God is with us...
Within the fruit of the Spirit described by Paul in Galatians chapter 5, love stands first for a reason. Every other fruit flows from it. When Paul...
Fruit grows quietly. It forms slowly. No one stands in an orchard and shouts at an apple tree to hurry up. Growth comes through roots...
I leaned on my elbow looking out the farmhouse window while my mother and sisters cooked food and set the table for Christmas Eve dinner...
