The Christian life is full of paradox. Marked by the contradictory nature of our own wills and the perfect will of God. In order to live we must die. Meaning, that if you are not willing to die you really do not understand the life that awaits and think too …
If we did not have the sick And those crippled by disease We would have no need of compassion No care but our own If we did not have the difficult The stubborn and rude We would have no need of kindness No care but our own If we did …
I stood with empty hands to bargain with God for the treasures over which my eyes lusted. I pressed my case, bluffed, and came up short. I begged and pleaded for the very things which later proved my undoing. I put aside reason and sacrificed truth for my own profit …