Are we so good as to deserve it when good things happen? Are we so bad as to deserve tragedies? We kid ourselves in both cases.

God’s faithful love can be seen on the cross. But God’s justice and righteousness are as present at the cross as His love is.

Whispered words tend to be hurtful words that are fun to hear but hard to shake. And they can do real damage.

When Jesus tells us suffering is coming, He gets our attention. How can we obey Him and not fear?

[But] be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. ²³For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is...

I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living! ¹⁴Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart...