The Word Gives Life, Precious Gems
Whether you are young or old, the best place you can go to for truth, wisdom, faith and be "equipped" for every good work is God's word.
Whether you are young or old, the best place you can go to for truth, wisdom, faith and be "equipped" for every good work is God's word.
Whenever someone close to me dies, I am comforted with these words: He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.
Grab on to the anchor. It is trustworthy. It keeps you snugged up to the "trustworthy anchor for our souls."
I don't know where you are or what your circumstances might be, but I can tell you that sometimes we don't need to do anything but wait.
We all have things in our past that we regret. Usually, we know when we've done wrong.
That bright Saturday morning, with my daughter Erika, and her two sons, Andrew and Caleb, ages 8 and 9, we took that challenging hike. We'd scrambled up the 4500 feet to the top, walked across the flat, green meadow that was like a table.
It was a stinging experience, but I remembered that earlier prayer and the answer God gave me.
Think about it. We can talk about our life that is about seventy-some years in a little over an hour.
It's hard to wait. But that's what we are to do.
What I realized were the memories of that life in the house were the most important. And they're still there, fresh in my mind. The voices. The smells.