Category: Reflections (page 21)

Take from my heart all painful anxiety and suffer nothing to sadden me but sin, and nothing to delight me but the hope of coming into the possession of you, My God and my All in Your everlasting Kingdom. Amen.”

To create the Kingdom, we need to get our hands dirty. We must be the carpenter and the architect in the building.

May God bring light to the darkness to address the sources of anger, hate, dehumanization, rage, and indignation that leads to violent actions.

It is not a weakness to share your pain, and there is no honor in toughing it out alone. It is the command of Jesus that we are lowly enough to admit our sorrow and ask for help.

With Jeremiah, we want to put our hands over our ears, close our eyes, and hope it will go away. But God is relentless. He has called us.

Close your eyes and hear the question and let it echo in your soul. “Who do you say that I am?” Look into His eyes when you answer, don’t lie, fabricate or equivocate. There is no room for that.