Even at the cross, God permitted what he hated - the unjust and agonizing death of his own precious Son - in order to accomplish something he prized above his own Son's cruel death; that is, salvation for a world of sinners. So the world's worst murder becomes the world's only salvation.

How can we bless at one moment and curse at another?

The times we find ourselves having to wait on others may be the perfect opportunities to train ourselves to wait on the Lord.

There is this fine line between presenting to You all of my weakness and thinking that it can't be done. In Your strength, I find my own.

Even at the cross, God permitted what he hated - the unjust and agonizing death of his own precious Son - in order to accomplish something he prized above his own Son's cruel death; that is, salvation for a world of sinners. So the world's worst murder becomes the world's only salvation.

I want to stay in the habit of 'glancing' at my problems and 'gazing' at my Lord.

God's purpose in increasing our trials is to sensitize us to people we never would have been able to relate to otherwise.