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
Without another, there is greater struggle. The road is more difficult for he who has no friends. Temptation is better fought with the steady countenance of a faithful pair. Do not discount those called beside you. Do not lose focus of the spiritual journey, for man is called upward in Read more
There is a day of hope for the suffering. Great is the day of the Lord for those who persevere in their faith in Me. I Am Lord of all kings, for the kings of the earth will not prevail. Man cannot lift as the Lord. Man does not know Read more
Each day is as a battle. Against the flesh you are to war. The world calls without pause, diverting the holy to the common. Each strike of the enemy also against the saint. For those who call Me Lord, the day grows heavier to carry with righteousness, but strength is Read more
You are mine. As a wife – the name of her husband, as a son – the name of his father, so I give you a new name, created anew in My blood; the old name crushed under My heel. The brand of sin replaced with the banner of the Read more