God is truly on the side of those who work for social justice, especially when we accompany that work with the giving of the Gospel!

Heartache forces us to embrace God out of desparate, urgent need. God is never closer than when your heart is aching.

God deliberately chooses weak, suffering and unlikely candidates to get His work done, so that in the end, the glory goes to God and not to the person.

Many people in the throes of suffering, disappointment, and despair, feel utterly stuck in their circumstances. They see no hope beyond their day-to-day drudgery of disability routines; but when hurting families place themselves under the shower of God's mercy, suddenly the clouds part. They realize there's hope, life, and even joy beyond their suffering.

We've got to remember that the core of Christ's plan is to rescue us from sin. Our pain, poverty, and broken hearts are not his ultimate focus. True, he cares about these things, but they're merely symptoms of the real problem.

The Bible isn't quick to give answers; it mainly gives the Answer.

God cares most not about making us comfortable, but about teaching us to hate our transgressions and to grow up spiritually to love him.