Assurance

“There is no peace like the peace of those whose minds are possessed with full assurance that they have known God, and God has known them, and that this relationship guarantees God’s favor to them in life, through death and on for ever.”

— J.I. Packer

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Sculpting

“God uses chronic pain and weakness, along with other afflictions, as his chisel for sculpting our lives.”
— J.I. Packer

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Hold

“Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.”
― Corrie ten Boom

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Solution

Businesses generally aren’t in the habit of hiring problems. Be the solution they need.

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Rest

“Till you can rest in God’s will you will never have rest.”
― Richard Baxter

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Wonder

“We should always endeavor to wonder at the permanent thing, not at the mere exception. We should be startled by the sun, and not by the eclipse. We should wonder less at the earthquake, and wonder more at the earth.”

― G.K. Chesterton

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One

You know you’re getting only one life, right?

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Delight

“Spiritual delight in God arises chiefly from his beauty and perfection, not from the blessings he gives us.”

— Jonathan Edwards

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Trust

If you can trust Jesus to escort you safely into heaven, it’s a safe bet that you can trust Him for everything else.

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Suffering: When ‘What If?’ Becomes ‘Why Me?’

By Stan Guthrie

Like lots of people, I’ve had no shortage of challenges and heartaches in my life, including disability, the sudden loss of my father, various family disappointments, and some severe career setbacks. Once, when grieving a broken relationship, I turned to a trusted older relative for comfort.

“This hurts more than anything I’ve ever experienced,” I said.

“Oh,” she gently replied over the phone. “You’ll have to face a lot worse than this.”

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