The love of a father knows no bounds. Hope endures through many faults. Strength given by faith in a return to the true way. The force of the wind can drive lost even those trained to sail against it. To and fro the seas will throw he who must ride Read more…
Again you come to seek Me. In seeking you shall find. I draw My own by My Word, and I speak always to those who are Mine. I speak peace in turmoil, understanding in chaos. I bring order to the confusion. It is foolishness to those who do not know Read more…
I Am not of the heavens, for these cannot hold Me. I Am over all creation, holding its being and sustaining all law and time. You are of My creation, given life by My holy breath that you would know I have called you. Rise up to this. There is Read more…
Difficulty is as a brick, without which there would be no wall, no fortress. The strain of today brings strength for all tomorrows. I do not grant My children leave from those things that bring favor. It is in the drought where the deepest roots grow to make strong the Read more…
For My children, faith and love replace the strength of youth. Beauty fades, but in the years of the believer, [something] much better dawns. Youth flees, and the fair face fades as the blossom, but the heart of those who seek My face find far greater than youth. For with Read more…
Without light the traveler is both lost and fearful. Without eyes to see, there seems no hope. The steps forward seem as risk, and backward no gain. Reaching forward into blackness, stepping small that there would be no fall. For those without God, so it is their way, clutching to one Read more…
Protection is not of caution, but of faith. No man can guard from all directions. From each there are foe and danger, but he who trusts, evokes the greater shield. Much worry is of exposure, of nakedness to the attack, shieldlessness to the arrow- then with worry, even greater exposure. For as Read more…
Those who thirst do not drink only once. Those who hunger do not discard the provision for tomorrow, for all hunger again, and all thirst again. In labor and toil, more is needed. Effort empties the small storehouse, and it cannot remain for perishing. As the sun burns, the traveler must Read more…
The highest place is not for kings; the Father’s realm is not of man. The lifting is of the lowly, and high hill is for the humble. He who presses upward for his own gain, gains only loss. Those pressed down to lift are the greatest of men. The scale Read more…
It is in the strain. Little growth happens any other way, for I do not bring ease to those who follow. Adversity in My measure brings strength; without such there can be no growth. Even he on level ground will slow, and he who does not strive, rolls backward to Read more…