The young boy Samuel sleepily awoke to the sound of his name. He was lying in the temple of God, near the ark of the covenant, when the Lord spoke…
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“Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out, “Hallelujah! For the…
“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” -Psalm 147:3 What do you say to a broken heart? To one who is anxious and afraid. Who would rather hide than be…
And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split. (Matthew 27:51) The sun’s light could not be…
Where will you go? When the world is in chaos, when life does not make sense, or when the truth becomes challenging to proclaim, will you look to yourself? Or…
12 Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money-changers and the benches of those selling doves. 13 “It…
C.S. Lewis writes: “I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself the answer. Before your face questions die away. What other answer would suffice?” (Till We…
Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the Cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right…
Bleak. Unnerving. Restless. Uncertain. The unknown. These are the words that would describe a heart that finds itself thrown into the realm of uncertainty. Would we deny that the last…
“The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.” Jeremiah 31:3 Tears streamed down my face as I thought back…