Jesus comes not for the super-spiritual but for the wobbly and the weak-kneed who know they don’t have it all together, and who are not too proud to accept the handout of amazing grace.

How I treat a brother or sister from day to day, how I react to the sin-scarred wino on the street, how I respond to interruptions from people I dislike, how I deal with normal people in their normal confusion on a normal day may be a better indication of my reverence for life than the antiabortion sticker on the bumper of my car.

Ruthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise.

Childlike in faith means the daily acknowledgment of utter dependence and that I owe my life and being to another.

Faith will become vision, hope will become possession, but the love of Jesus Christ that is stronger than death endures forever. In the end, it is the only thing you can hang onto.

That which is denied cannot be healed.

I asked for wonder, and He gave it to me.