Posts tagged “Compassion”
A prayer for mercy
“O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple, they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble. They have left the…
Sin is a sickness that Jesus can cure
The Christian church should be the most offensive and most beautiful place in our culture. In reply to the Pharisees who were offended that…
We must not diminish
My heart is heavy. It is grieving for dear friends of mine who have been through an unfathomable tragedy. For someone who normally leans…
Unseen footprints
Have you woken up midway through the night to find that the trouble that lurked in the corners before bed is now perched like…
Billy Graham, a glimpse of God
Billy Graham’s daughter Ruth, in her book on forgiveness, recounts the day when her father gave her a stunning glimpse of our Father. After…
Lost in translation
A while ago, I took a trip to Germany. In addition to the historic sites, the food was amazing. I’m not sure if you…
Struggling to forgive?
On Memorial Day, my husband and I traveled to attend a graduation party. We had traveled an unspecified distance (still under dispute—one of the…
Don’t wait … go all out for Jesus!
In her book The Happiness Project, author Gretchen Rubin spent a year focusing on improving different aspects of her life in order to become…
The blessing of noticing and being noticed
Very often I sit by a 77-year-old woman at church. When she walks out of church, the pastor greets her with, “Good to see…
Reassurance
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, nor height…
Unzip that baggage
As a child of the 1980s, there were some interesting fashions: parachute pants, shoulder pads in sports coats, and my favorite—KangaRoos shoes, which were…
The storms of life
My family and I were having a picnic, and it started to rain. As we watched the downpour, we started gathering up our picnic…