Month: March 2015
To be willing to accept crucifixion with Christ; to leave all yourself, your plans and your longings, your abilities and your possessions, all of them at the cross so …
When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; …
Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.― Corrie ten Boom The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs …
Absolute surrender requires that one abandon the right to know the specific will of G_d. There are moments of abject waiting on Him.~ Makala Barnabas Doulos “Faith, mighty faith, …
When I get honest, I admit I am a bundle of paradoxes. I believe and I doubt, I hope and get discouraged, I love and I hate, I feel …
We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If we only think of …
In Love’s service, only wounded soldiers can serve.~Brennan Manning, Abba’s Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate BelongingIf I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, …
The gospel is absurd and the life of Jesus is meaningless unless we believe that He lived, died, and rose again with but one purpose in mind: to make …
