Poverty is a scandal of our times because it CAN be changed.

Truth could never be wholly contained in words. All of us know it: At the same moment the mouth is speaking one thing, the heart is saying another.

Acceptance says, True, this is my situation at the moment. I'll look unblinkingly at the reality of it. But I'll also open my hands to accept willingly whatever a loving Father sends me.

Often God has to shut a door in our face, so that He can subsequently open the door through which He wants us to go.

Lord, what are you trying to teach me?

Poverty is a scandal of our times because it CAN be changed.

God's way of dealing with us is to throw us into situations over our depth, then supply us with the necessary ability to swim.