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

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.

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

God is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. It's all about love!

Loving fathers give their children a sense of their history.

It was Scripture that I had hidden in my heart that quickly came to mind when my frustration felt stronger than my faith.

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.