If you want more peace and less anxiety, more joy and less discouragement, then try this experiment: Take a week away from social media and your news feed. Instead, take a walk, have a cup of coffee on your deck, and meditate on Scripture.
@ThomRainer At my last church, when I’d been there about 20 years I said, “I won’t always be your preacher. I’ll either retire, resign, get fired, or die. But I won’t always be your preacher.” And someone in the back shouted, “Amen!”
"I enter Your house by the abundance of Your faithful love." - Psalm 5:7a
We can come into God's presence, not because we are good, but because He is good.
What if life isn't a marathon? What if it's more like a decathlon? What if it's a series of events that require strength, agility, grit, determination, nuance, endurance, and the ability to learn new skills?
“God is in the business of calling broken, fearful, hot-headed, inconsistent, pessimistic, doubting people like you and me. That’s what makes the gospel good news.” - Rich Villodas
"Learning lessons does not end. There's no part of life that doesn't contain its lessons. If you're alive, that means there are still lessons to be learned." - Cherie Carter-Scott