Lynn Cowell, author of the new Bible study, Make Your Move: Finding Unshakable Confidence Despite Your Fears and Failures. Fail. It’s a word I’ve heard my kids use when something goes wrong. Just plain “fail.” It’s a word I know as well. Failure is what I felt when I’d done all I knew…
“When the world is on your back, and you think that you will never last. When you’re lonely and you are confused, I’ll be right beside you.”
I have decided to remove the word “lucky” from the Pope household and replace it with the word “blessed”. Nothing is left to chance. Luck has nothing to do with blessing. The writer of Hebrews tells us that rewards come to those whose seek the Lord. In Deuteronomy, we read of God’s blessings given to…
“Though the trial still goes on, Your grace will be my song.”
I was driving out of the neighborhood the other day and saw something that made my heart twist in pain: a sheriff’s deputy car parked outside the home of one of my neighbors. Beside the deputy’s squad car was a moving truck. The woman of the house came out the front door, arms full of personal…
“We’re waiting here, waiting for you, God. With our hopes and fears, we come, empty hands held out. Lord, draw us near, heal these broken hearts. And lift us up to fall before everything You are, yeah, before everything You are.”