“It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for a bird to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go…
“Why do you look for the living among the dead?” ~Luke 24:5 NIV When Jesus died, rocks split. The curtain of the temple tore apart. Tombs broke open. After all the ripping, tearing, and quaking of the cross, what was left? The living and the dead. Everything most important emerged in that moment. Shaking does…
“Knowledge speaks, wisdom listens.” ~Jimi Hendrix I never turn down an offer of prayer. Even if I don’t have something pressing on my mind, my default is to ask for wisdom. James 1:5 speaks to God’s promise to give wisdom any time we ask for it. I love this assurance of provision since heaven…
“What you know today can affect what you do tomorrow. But what you know today cannot affect what you did yesterday.” ~Condoleezza Rice I became a mother thirteen years ago. My first kid was a bit of a guinea pig. I tried several parenting strategies on her. Time-outs, counting to three, swift discipline, positive reinforcement—you…
“The quieter you become, the more you can hear.” ~Ram Dass One morning a few weeks ago, I awoke in a great deal of abdominal pain. I figured it would subside so I did a little stretching, took some ibuprofen, and went about my day. By mid-afternoon the pain had dramatically increased, and I…
“He did not study God; he was dazzled by Him.” ~Victor Hugo I’ve started reading Les Miserables about fourteen times. I’ve never finished. My most recent abandoned page was 353. That’s 1,100 pages from the end. Seeing the movie and being inspired by a story line I haven’t become acquainted with by reading the original book…