Pascal, when wrestling with people who refused to examine their lives, or make a decision in the now that reflects the future, said these words. (Note: Pascal’s “either/or” on what happens at death is reflective of his age, but that doesn’t affect the content here.
This came to me in a time of praying for a dear friend: Greater friends don’t simply take up your cause. Greater friends take up the cause of Christ in you. In other words, my greater prayer is not simply for the resolution of your
When the joy of the Lord becomes real food and real drink – that is a gift, and when being alive makes the most sense.
On so many levels, positive and negative. I’m still trying to figure out if I’d rather live anywhere else – tethered to home but seeing the new vista. p.s. to all my friends, that was just a figure of speech denoting that life is challenging,
Love carried by humility. Humility carrying love. You carry a stream, an emphasis. Live it, and present it with humility. All the greatest thinkers of history had something beautiful to say, but also something awful. Our key verse was: “If you will return… if you
