Haste makes waste. My ankle and me relearned that this week. My selfish hurry brought waste this week— of wealth, peace, health, and joy—to name a few. Never in a Hurry But the Lord is never in a hurry and forever on time, for he always has all things under control. That truth alone should…
I read about how Pilate’s wife “suffered much because of him in a dream.” And of the crowd picking Barabbas and Pilate washing his hands “of this man’s blood” and the crazed crowd shouting “Crucify.”
But it’s the words they spoke next, words that were so much more true than that bloodthirsty crowd knew, that stab my soul.
Mama said there’d be days like this. And God said there’d be mercy to match. But how do you take it in hand and pick it off mercy’s tree?
There is no safe investment. To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even an animal. —C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves Milky was…