Encouragement


06
Sep 2017
Sorrowful Yet Always Rejoicing

My friend called me, his voice cracked, and I could hear the tears held back in his eyes. He asked me to walk down an old, familiar path with him, to shine a light into the dark corners that frighten and threaten to shake the very foundations of my own character. Dark thoughts flooded his mind, years of struggling day after day, he was so tired, he simply wanted to be done. But my friend called me, and he asked me to remind him why men don’t quit, because he couldn’t remember,......

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06
Sep 2017
An Open Letter to My Sons

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, feed the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house. Exercise no restraint, but pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted that your light might shine. When you see the choice, one opportunity to glorify God without risking your life and another opportunity to glorify God by risking your life, choose the option with the greater risk because you are surrounded by those who will serve by taking the less risky option. Stand firm in the faith,......

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