The cynics, they can only speak of the dark, of the obvious, and this is not hard. For all itโs supposed sophistication, itโs cynicism thatโs simplistic. In a fallen world, how profound is to see the cracks? The sages and prophets, the disciples and revolutionaries, they are the ones up on the ramparts, up on the wall pointing to the dawn of the new Kingdom coming, pointing to the light that breaks through all things broken, pointing to redemption always rising and to the Blazing God who never sleeps.
Ann VoskampAnd when I give thanks for the seemingly microscopic, I make a place for God to grow within me.
Ann VoskampWho would ever know the greater graces of comfort and perserverance, mercy and forgiveness, patience and courage, if no shadows fell over a life?
Ann VoskampI began [blogging] because I have this handicap - I can't figure out my life or see God clearly unless I untangle my life again with words.
Ann VoskampThe blog is meant to be a bit of a side chapel - a place to slip into and still and encounter the glory of God - and come away again with a fresh sense that your life, right where you are, is a holy experience - that God dwells with you and in you, and where you are is holy ground, worthy of reverence and celebration and wonder.
Ann Voskamp