He was, albeit only briefly, the hero of the world's hopes.
I think God gives us all that in his Word because he's a loving Father.
It was Scripture that I had hidden in my heart that quickly came to mind when my frustration felt stronger than my faith.
God's Word does provide life lessons to teach us how to live. And it gives us beautiful poetry that gives voice to our human experience. And, yes, it does give us clear boundaries of what we should and shouldn't do so we can live our best lives.
Revelation isn't just end time's prophecy, it's God showing off his Son and his glory and honoring us, his treasured bride, with a seat at his table forever!
Blindness brought with it a million adjustments and losses and emotions. But, there really was this unshakeable sense, deep within me, that God had already prepared me for the darkness. And he did it through his Word.
Because God loves us, he lets us know exactly how to have access to him.
Basic anxiety can be roughly described as a feeling of being small, insignificant, helpless, deserted or endangered in a world that is out to abuse, cheat, humiliate, betray, envy. . . . And special in this is the child's feeling that the parents' love, their Christian charity, honesty, generosity. . . may be only a pretense.
We are so utterly ordinary, so commonplace, while we profess to know a Power the Twentieth Century does not reckon with. . . . Oh that God would make us dangerous!
We're all just trying to fit in and find ourselves, particularly when we're growing up.
I love to be pursued. I think that when you're not a challenge, it's just nnot as fun for the guy.