He who sees only the negative, will miss great pouring out. Even among the sinful great blessing flows, but he who carries My name and cross, even greater still. The road may be a steeper crawl, terrain rough with danger of slipping backward, but great is the life of that Read more…
Who assigns value? Is it of the clay to assign its own, or of the potter? And if the potter chooses to create a vessel of great worth, is it always to be adorned as such? Many a shelf contain vessels of beauty – gold and dusty for lack [of] daily Read more…
It does not have to be. The weight of sin adds greatly to trials already difficult. The toil of man is of his equipping. I do not ask of one to carry two, or he who can go ten to traverse twelve. The strength given to a man is sufficient Read more…
Abundance and scarcity are Mine. Famine and the overflowing, the seasons of want and plenty, come and retreat by My right hand. The wind and the calm, the wave and still, great storm and open sky, gentle breeze and torrent – each brought to life and extinguished again, falling and Read more…
The invitation of the Father is far beyond the response of the world, the great gift of the eternal God, mocked as tale by sightless men. Great is the grief poured forth by heaven, known from the beginning, but heavy in fulfillment. Most are lost to foolish trade. There is great Read more…
Where sin is stilled for obedience, there joy fills the soul. Heaven proclaims the great joy of the saints in obedience of My will. You know My words, therefore, My heart toward you and man. The mystery of love is no longer, as I have given this to you in Read more…
That joy would be complete . . . give to each other the better gift. Take to them yourself in fullness; for the written is not as the presence, and the pen not as the touch. As the eyes are the windows of the soul, so the mouth speaks directly Read more…
Do you bear My Name? How do they know? How do you know? It is in the Spirit of the Father of light that the life transformed by My light would glow that many would see. Do you bear the fruit of My Name? Rejoice then as you see those Read more…
The Father who loves, feels no burden for those born of him. The mother lifts the load with joy, for the child is her own. Love carries much. Great is its aid and also its forgiveness. In its light there are no record of wrongs. Love reaches and never tires Read more…
Blessed is he who has work – provision and purpose are given in such. The teacher gives wisdom through the issue of challenge. The pupil grows to be a teacher through the answering of these. In work there are such challenges. By My hand they come, but disguised of the Read more…