Our professor asked for prayer at the start of class one day; then he broke down in tears as the prayers began. We were suddenly aware that it is not the student alone who sufferer the strains of life at seminary; our teachers also struggled with life outside the classroom. There was always a spiritual reality behind the academics we pursued, and more to learn than the books could teach.
Monthly Archives: February 2013
Let Everything That Has Breath
This life provides ample cause for sorrow. Glorious as it is, this is a world of scarred beauty. We are “born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward” (Job 5:7). Yet, after the heart has voiced its concerns, let there be praise. “Let everything that has breath praise the LORD” (Psalm 150:6)! Since we […]