I think God gives us all that in his Word because he's a loving Father.

Our joys will be doubled and our sorrows will be reduced and we will walk our life in community with the body of Christ. When you are with someone else, you are not nearly as willing to give up. So find a friend, be honest and walk together.

God shows us he loves us by giving us access to himself.

I choose Hosea. Oh, there's no book of the Bible which more beautifully and more painfully demonstrates how very much God loves us.

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.

Because God loves us, he tells us where we came from and who we are.

I still feel the same way about God's Word as I did when I was 15 and lost my sight.