“My orders are to fight; Then if I bleed, or fail, Or strongly win, what matters it? God only doth prevail. The servant craveth naught Except to serve with might. I was not told to win or lose—my orders are to fight.” –Ethelwyn Wetherald It was around eleven o’clock, and I knew I should go […]
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“Trust is not a passive state of mind. It is a vigorous act of the soul by which we choose to lay hold on the promises of God and cling to them despite the adversity that at times seeks to overwhelms us.” ― Jerry Bridges, Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts The struggle in my […]
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There is a Japanese legend that mixes fact with fiction and bespeaks a universal truth. Hope, perseverance, and a Master who will not give up on any of us. Taking the box with excitement and carefully opening the wooden lid, he brushed away the straw to reveal a silken drawstring bag. With quiet anticipation, he […]
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Oh, the grace of old family pictures—the stories and the questions they present. It was with great joy that recently, in my mother’s old pictures, I discovered several photos of my Uncle John. He wore braces on his legs and got around with a walker, and yet, he taught me how to win a race. […]
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“When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back:this I know; for God is for me” Psalm 56:9 There I sat, in bumper to bumper traffic, looking up at signs written in a language I could not decipher. Frustration had reared its ugly head ten minutes earlier, and panic was not far behind. […]
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