Christianity

For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else]; I would rather be a doorkeeper and stand at the threshold in the house of my God than to dwell [at ease] in the tents of wickedness. Psalm 84:10 AMPC The day spent for the Lord replenishes the soul and makes it ready Read more

We’ve been taught how the mouth speaks out of the abundance of the heart. But I wonder, is there a way around it? Can you pretend to be someone you’re not, and no one will ever find out? Or when will the slip-up happen? Where you cannot keep it in any longer, and your true Read more

There’s a kind of heaviness that no immediate pleasure can quench. And when you allow yourself to dwell in this kind of persisting sadness, it’s easy to wallow and drown in it. I can remember how the police corporal from the city station told me that the world never went out of problems and thought, Read more

Jesus even expanded it further in Luke 6:27-30 (MSG): To you who are ready for the truth, I say this: Love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst. When someone gives you a hard time, respond with the supple moves of prayer for that person. If someone slaps you Read more

I can remember how God is barely mentioned in the Book of Ruth. But in retrospect, you can see how the hand of God is at work. And it amazes me how, in the most mundane times, you find yourself doing the things that will lead you to an exact moment where you are supposed Read more