Faith / Trust

Obstacles are for Overcoming!

If you find a path with no obstacles–it is probably a path that doesn’t lead anywhere.

There are no difficulties with God. Difficulties wholly exist in our own unbelieving minds.

A Closer Walk

Whenever a person says to me: “My problem is that I do not love the Lord enough,” I usually respond: “No … your problem is that you do not know how much the Lord loves you.” —Selwyn Hughes (1928–2006)

We need never shout across the spaces to an absent God. He is nearer than our own soul, closer than our most secret thoughts. —A. W. Tozer (1897–1963)

No Exceptions

You should realize that you are naturally impatient because of the world you live in and the speed at which you are accustomed to things operating. We tend to expect “e-mail speed” answers to prayer.

Strengthen your faith. That’s the bottom line. Faith is the currency of the spiritual realm.

Hope Eternal

Hope is the mechanism that keeps the human race tenaciously alive and dreaming, planning, building.

Hope is not the opposite of realism. It is the opposite of cynicism and despair. Hope is not a lie, but the truth itself.

Everything that is done in the world is done by hope. -Martin Luther

Not Yet!

“God has infinite attention, infinite leisure to spare for each one of us. You’re as much alone with Him as if you were the only thing He’d ever created.”

“We’re like blocks of stone, out of which the sculptor carves the forms of men. The blows of his chisel, which hurt us so much, are what make us perfect. The suffering in the world is not the failure of God’s love for us; it is that love in action.”

–C.S. Lewis