History is not merely what happened. It is what happened in the context of what might have happened.
Because God loves us, he lets us know exactly how to have access to him.
It was Scripture that I had hidden in my heart that quickly came to mind when my frustration felt stronger than my faith.
God's Word does provide life lessons to teach us how to live. And it gives us beautiful poetry that gives voice to our human experience. And, yes, it does give us clear boundaries of what we should and shouldn't do so we can live our best lives.
Revelation isn't just end time's prophecy, it's God showing off his Son and his glory and honoring us, his treasured bride, with a seat at his table forever!
Blindness brought with it a million adjustments and losses and emotions. But, there really was this unshakeable sense, deep within me, that God had already prepared me for the darkness. And he did it through his Word.
God's love never quits or fails or walks away.
I believe that soldiers will bear me out in saying that both come in time of battle. I take it that the moral courage comes in going into the battle, and the physical courage in staying in.
Any idiot who knows five chords can bang a song together. But it's probably going to be rubbish.
I hadn't done any professional singing. I had sung in the shower and in my car and sometimes at a family bonfire if there was enough alcoholized wine.
My day job is making TV shows.