"We may not get the answer to the problem of pain that we want from Jesus. We get instead the mysterious confirmation that God suffers with us. We are not alone." - Philip Yancy

today i lifted my eyes to Your sky
and through leaves of brilliant green,
i saw Your eyes,
washed away like raindrops on me,
and all i know rises with the morning sun
(and new life begins...)

- tweleveoone

"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." - Charles Dickens ( Read more... )

So I don't say anything for myself anymore. If I have any angsty feelings at all, they are promptly suppressed and forgotten. I have a journal on my shelf and two online and all year I've said all of nothing about myself ( Read more... )

Vote.

I wanna take you away ( Read more... )

How can God be both just and merciful? How can a God who requires perfection give grace so freely? How can wrath and love co-exist so perfectly? Isaiah 54 holds the answer.

Isaiah lived and ministered as a prophet of the living God to the Jews in Jerusalem and Judah. His message was simple: Repent. Repent and be saved. Stay with your sin and there ( Read more... )

Take my life, and let it be consecrated, Lord, to Thee ( Read more... )

Just an hour and we'll be home ( Read more... )

the morning sun's about to break ( Read more... )