Here you shall find your strength – in perseverance, in endurance. These are the marks of the great who push past what others would not, reaching for more than they can alone. In each life there is struggle, a wind set against for a time of growth, and also decision. Even Read more
As the river moves, it seems its own power. Mighty waters sweep and churn as if the force is of itself pressing forward, but the force of the water is not of the water; it is of the earth. In its unmoving mass, the earth draws down. Great mass creates Read more
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