In Luke 9 (and in Matthew 10:38-39 and Luke 14: 27), Jesus didn’t instruct his disciples to shake off the weight of their crosses in order to better serve him. Instead, he said to take up the weight and follow him anyway. Jesus invited his
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“A peacemaker is not merely someone who protests against the war; he is one who is inwardly so yielded to Christ in spirit and purpose that He can be called a "son of God." Where he goes, God goes and where God goes, he goes. He is fearless, calm, and bold. Peace emanates from him the way light and heat radiate from fire.”
― The Three Battlegrounds
― The Three Battlegrounds
“Come! Poor little heart! Be cheery and brave. We'll be a great deal to one another, if we are thrown off and left desolate.”
― North and South
― North and South
“We have permission to grieve. We have permission to wail, to doubt, and to question. God can handle all of our questions and our hurts. We can bring all of that to Him, knowing “he has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help” (Psalm 22:24).”
― Sunlight in December: A Mother’s Story of Finding the Goodness of God in the Storm of Grief
― Sunlight in December: A Mother’s Story of Finding the Goodness of God in the Storm of Grief
“I’ve many a cross to take up now, And many left behind; But present troubles move me not, Nor shake my quiet mind. And what may be to-morrow’s cross I never seek to find; My Father says, “Leave that to me, And keep a quiet mind.” Anonymous”
― Keep a Quiet Heart
― Keep a Quiet Heart
“Heaven is not here, it’s There. If we were given all we wanted here our hearts would settle for this world rather than the next. God is forever luring us up and away from this one, wooing us to Himself and His still invisible Kingdom, where we will certainly find what we so keenly long for.”
― Keep a Quiet Heart
― Keep a Quiet Heart
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