“God does not stand on a ladder and tell us to climb it and find him. He lowers a ladder in the wilderness of our lives and finds us. He does not offer to use us if we behave. He pledges to use us, knowing all the while we will misbehave. Grace is not a […]
Transforming Loneliness (BakerBooks, 2021) Ruth Graham’s most recent book carries the title Transforming Loneliness: Deepening Our Relationship with God and Others When We Feel Alone. Ruth, the author of ten books, also founded Ruth Graham Ministries. First, Ms. Graham defines loneliness as “an ache, a deep longing to feel connected, validated, seen, known, and […]
“Loneliness is a wilderness, but through receiving it as a gift, accepting it from the hand of God, and offering it back to Him with thanksgiving, it may become a pathway to holiness, to glory, and to God Himself.”- Elisabeth Elliot In Chapter 1 (“The Pelican in the Wilderness”) of Transforming Loneliness: Deepening Our Relationship […]
“We have the privilege of pursuing God for our new name, which comes with a responsibility to believe what He says about us. He can give us the courage to live out of our new identity.”- Esther Fleece Allen “See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up, do you not perceive it? […]
As Max Lucado begins Chapter 6 of Glory Days, he remarks that, for a book about military conquests, Joshua really skimps on battle details. We don’t know the military details because the emphasis in Joshua is not on physical battles, but on a spiritual one. Therefore, the book of Joshua isn’t about claiming land for […]
But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified and said, “It is a ghost!” and they cried out in fear. But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.”- Matthew 14:26-27 In Chapter 17 (“God Gets Into Things- Stormy Places”) of Next Door […]
“Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the desert, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil.’- Luke 4:1-2 Max Lucado begins Chapter 16 (“The Long, Lonely Winter- Wilderness Places”) of Next Door Savior with this description of the wilderness of the soul: […]