I aim to take God at his word. That means I push his promises to the limit and watch them stand—stand unbroken, come what may.
When God says he will give strength for the day, he will give strength to the dying day.
Even to the dying day.
She meant well. My friend was only trying to sympathize. Kelly wasn’t the first to say it after she heard about our son. In my younger mothering days, I believed it, too—that I could only be as happy as my least happy child. But now I don’t think it’s true. Content Means Sufficient Because I’m learning…
The number 2,340 is a measure of earnestness, and hope.
“Never despair of a child,” the 19th-century pastor Theodore Cuyler wrote. “The one you weep the most for at the mercy-seat may fill your heart with the sweetest joys.”
And after years of wandering and a heart-rending, spending spree, it looks like a prodigal …
“Who or what you fear is that which controls you.” —Ed Welch, “What is the Fear of Man, and Why is it so Dangerous?” Mom learned to swim when I did. I was six. She was thirty-two. Imagine my surprise that lesson at the ‘Y’ when I spotted my strong, capable mom clinging white-knuckle to…