Faith is the conviction that God knows more than we do about this life and He will get us through it.
Max LucadoI think we live in slavery to fear. Most people don't have an answer to the death question and really don't even have a philosophy. That is a puzzle to me. I think even if I was not a Christian, I would want to at least have a personal solution to the death question. Otherwise, death is just a frightening thing.
Max LucadoWaiting is an expectant patience. It's a patience that says, "I don't know what God is going to do, but I know God is going to do something."
Max LucadoWe are Jesus Christ's; we belong to him. But even more, we are increasingly him. He moves in and commandeers our hands and feet, requisitions our minds and tongues. We sense his rearranging: debris into the divine, pig's ear into silk purse. He repurposes bad decisions and squalid choices. Little by little, a new image emerges.
Max Lucado