267.  Saved and yoked

In life there are times that the “fiery oven” of circumstances and affliction is burning with hardship and adversity.  Human words are weak and superficial and God’s words are strength and hope.  It could only ever be God’s words that transform and renew, that comfort and give hope, that are a refuge and write a song in…

266.  The crucible of distress

It is in the quiet crucible of your personal private sufferings that your noblest dreams are born and God’s greatest gifts are given.  (Whintley Phipps)  I wrote down this quote while watching a Gospel music concert. The singer who said it sounded as if he knew what he was talking about—in a moment, his heart was…