We are all both victims and victimizers. Just as everyone suffers, no one is innocent of causing suffering themselves.

Suffering reveals to us the two things that ultimately matter: that we are weak but He is strong.

I enjoy receiving love from my wife. I'm ecstatic when Kim loves me and expresses affection toward me. Something in me comes alive when she does that. But I've learned this freeing truth: I don't need that love, because in Jesus, I receive all the love I need.

We are not responsible for finding the right formula to combat or unlock our suffering.

Thankfully, while our self-righteousness reaches far, God's grace reaches farther.

Because Jesus was strong for us we are free to be weak.

When Martin Luther was asked what we contribute to our salvation, he said, "Sin and resistance"