Psalm 103. Bless God.
“Men and women don’t live very long; like wildflowers they spring up and blossom, but a storm snuffs them out just as quickly, leaving nothing to show they were here. God’s love, though, is ever and always, eternally present…”
Surrender and Live.
“You don’t have to wait for the End. I am, right now, Resurrection and Life.”
Beautiful and Whole.
“But there’s far more to life for us. We’re citizens of high heaven!”
Don’t Settle.
“He puts a little heaven in our hearts so that we’ll never settle for less.”
Radically Different.
“Listen carefully to what I am saying - and be wary of the shrewd advice that tells you how to get ahead in the world on your own. Giving, not getting, is the way.”
Purpose and Grace.
“I’ve done it and will keep on doing it, carrying you on my back, saving you.”
Freely and Lightly.
Low-sunk life imagines itself weary of life, but it is death, not life, it is weary of.
The Sun to Warm and the Rain to Nourish Everyone.
Let a man do right, not trouble himself about worthless opinion; the less he heeds tongues, the less difficult will he find it to love men.
Heart Shift.
Because we easily imagine ourselves in want, we imagine God ready to forsake us.