This is an unsettling proposal: The revolutionary Jesus brought fresh wine to a stale wedding, He invaded the temple twice and took whips to false worship, yet man's best attempts at...
Loneliness is a single rose with no vase to hug it. Loneliness is outstretched arms that close around no one. ~ anon.
Deep calls to deep. The adult who has played in the shallows will yearn for more. Faith and prayer beg for more. Righteousness calls to be heard.
I recall the water's edge in a sheltered cove, a quiet backwater to a much larger basin that spilled into the ocean.
There is always that battle within to forgive. You try to forgive, but the hurt raises its ugly head again.
Upon an earth in open rebellion, From a heart that still leans sin's way With a back turned against Heaven And a face still set to Babylon The good Father counted my worth far greater...
The word 'impossible' can harden a man's heart and cause him to flee. Mankind's thinking is always 'dated' when it comes to grasping eternal things.
The heart given to the Lord, the soul lost in the Lord always has flesh that follows.
God's ways are not as man's - fortunately. If they were He would be but as you and I - foolishly mortal and wantonly indulgent.
Sketching is almost everything. It is the painter's identity, his style and his conviction. ~ Fernando Botero From the seeds of time man has valued himself by his work.
