Broader vision
"If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not...
The best of a bad situation
"You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives." Genesis 50.20 If...
The anticipation is chilling
"Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door..." Matthew 24.33 No I am not referring specifically...
Medicine for the soul
“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?" Job 38.4 Raised in the "school of hard knocks" yet possessed of a poet's...
Ataraxia
"Out of the depths I cry to you, LORD..." Psalm 130.1 "Ataraxia" refers to the ability to prevent one's outer circumstances, however...
Lost and found
"Here I am! I stand at the door and knock..." Revelation 3.20 Teresa of Avila overcame her identity crisis, as being descended from...
Seeing with the heart
"He must become greater; I must become less.” John 3.30 Any one with a mixed, itinerant or otherwise unstable/ unconventional background...
Seismic shifts
"In the LORD’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water that he channels toward all who please him." Proverbs 21.1 As we enter this...
Mightily tossed about
"... but (he) emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness." Philippians 2.7 "Mightily tossed about" is...
Different worlds
"There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." Galatians...