Jesus gives us hope because He keeps us company, has a vision and knows the way we should go.

It seems to me that election season is just a Petri dish for anger and cynicism.

I believe a personal relationship with God is healthy, but organized religion has potential for danger, in whatever faith.

Trust God's love. His perfect love. Don't fear He will discover your past. He already has. Don't fear disappointing Him in the future. He can show you the chapter in which you will. With perfect knowledge of the past and perfect vision of the future, He loves you perfectly in spite of both.

Our kids were God's kids first... We tend to forget this fact, regarding our children as "our" children, as though we have the final say in their health and welfare. We don't. All people are God's people, including the small people who sit at our tables.

Faithful servants have a way of knowing answered prayer when they see it, and a way of not giving up when they don't.

God will use whatever he wants to display his glory. Heavens and stars. History and nations. People and problems.