I do not aim to be immediately practical but eternally helpful.

We will wait. We will wait till all is made righteous (glorious) according to the word of God.

Will I find spiritual communion with God sweet enough, and hope in his promises deep enough, not just to cope, but to flourish and rejoice in him?

The Bible does not oppose or forbid interracial marriages but sees them as a positive good for the glory of Christ.

The ultimate purpose of life is to show that Jesus is more precious than life.

Christ did not die to forgive sinners who go on treasuring anything above seeing and savoring God. And people who would be happy in heaven if Christ were not there, will not be there. The gospel is not a way to get people to heaven; it is a way to get people to God. It's a way of overcoming every obstacle to everlasting joy in God. If we don't want God above all things, we have not been converted by the gospel.

Humble us, O God, under your mighty hand, and let us rise, not as professionals, but as witnesses and partakers of the sufferings of Christ.