A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing; our helper He, amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing. For still our ancient foe does seek to work us woe; his craft and power are great, and armed with cruel hate, on earth is not his equal. Did we Read more
“Not only that, but we even boast of our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance, and endurance, proven character, and proven character, hope, and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.” Read more
Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, he whom you love Read more
When the soul is in the shadows of Gethsemane, All alone in the bitterness of pain It ascends toward the heights of Jesus, And though ever drinking bitterness– It is not sad. Though tortured, it repeats: Your will be done. Patiently awaiting the moment of its transfiguration, For, though in Read more
“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind stays on You, because he trusts in You.” – Isaiah 26:3 The word “mindfulness” was brought into the Western consciousness by professor Jon Kabat-Zinn when he created his mindfulness-based stress reduction program. He defined “mindfulness” as “moment to moment awareness, cultivated by Read more
But what, in conclusion, of Joy? For that, after all, is what the story has mainly been about. To tell you the truth, the subject has lost nearly all interest for me since I became a Christian. I cannot, indeed, complain, like Wordsworth, that the visionary gleam has passed away, Read more
The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; His understanding is unsearchable. – Isaiah 40:28 As part of my physics major, I had to take a sequence of classes last year on quantum mechanics. The goal of Read more
In me there is darkness, But with You there is light; I am lonely, but You do not leave me; I am feeble in heart, but with You there is help; I am restless, but with You there is peace. In me there is bitterness, but with You there is Read more
“The Lord preserves the simple; when I was brought low, He saved me. Return, O my soul, to your rest; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.” -Psalm 116:6-7 Self-condemnation is a simple task. “How could I be such an idiot—this was an easy assignment and I failed!” “Why Read more
As He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed Read more