When we judge someone’s intentions, we presume to know the motives of their heart. I don’t know about you, but I struggle to figure out my own motives, let alone yours!
It is incomprehensibly mind-blowing that God – the God, of all creation – wanted to have a human dad! God Himself became just like us and had a human dad!
A defiled dollar bill retains all its undefiled value. As do you. Because its condition doesn’t determine its value; the bill’s value is determined by something far greater: its creator. As is yours.
The fact that God’s eternal realm is beyond our dimensions is what assures you that He’s able to watch, listen, delight, interact, and intimately involve Himself in each detail of your life.
If the Lord allowed everyone, ever born, everywhere, every day, to understand Him, His invisible qualities, eternal power, and divine nature, what would that be like?
If ever there was a mother’s day moment in the Bible, it’s early on in Jesus’ ministry, when He turns a grieving mother’s day-of-mourning into a day-of-rejoicing!
Temptation provides resistance training. Just as roots will strengthen when the wind blows against a tree, each time we stand firm against the force of temptation we become stronger.
