Does God care if I'm sad? Look at the tear-streaked face of Jesus as he stands near Lazarus's tomb.
Max LucadoThrough the years, I have always enjoyed anything Chuck Swindoll has written. When I first got into writing Chuck's books really modeled a style of writing that I thought was accessible to people and yet still biblical. I wanted to do that.
Max LucadoSomewhere, sometime, somehow you got tangled up in garbage, and you've been avoiding God. You've allowed a veil of guilt to come between you and your Father. You wonder if you could ever feel close to God again. The message of the torn flesh is you can. God welcomes you. God is not avoiding you. God is not resisting you. The curtain is down, the door is open, and God invites you in
Max LucadoI didn't want to just write stories that were entertaining. Nor did I want to be so scholarly that people couldn't digest it.
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