Not only is it mind-blowing that God would consider me - us - worthy of his love, but it's flat-out incomprehensible that God would give us his wisdom, compassion, guidance, and comfort by giving us his Word. It's totally humbling and such an honor. Thank you Lord!

Sometimes when I read Scripture, I'm trying to learn something or teach something or change something in my life.

The difference between bitter and better is I.

God pursues me, he sacrificed for me, and he calls me his beloved! And, not just me... all of us.

God's Word does provide life lessons to teach us how to live. And it gives us beautiful poetry that gives voice to our human experience. And, yes, it does give us clear boundaries of what we should and shouldn't do so we can live our best lives.

I think I felt God's love the deepest when I experienced my deepest loss. Amazing how God does that!

Blindness brought with it a million adjustments and losses and emotions. But, there really was this unshakeable sense, deep within me, that God had already prepared me for the darkness. And he did it through his Word.