Isaiah 57:10 You were wearied by all your ways, but you would not say, ‘It is hopeless.’ You found renewal of your strength, and so you did not faint.
She had become so wearied by what seemed to be failure in every aspect of her life. Just to get up and face another day seemed to [...]

Isaiah 49:15 NIV “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!
49:16 See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.
Really from the [...]

2 Thessalonians 1:11 MSG
(11) Because we know that this extraordinary day is just ahead, we pray for you all the time–pray that our God will make you fit for what he’s called you to be, pray that he’ll fill your good ideas and acts of faith with his own energy so that it all [...]

1 Corinthians 12:18 KJV
(18)  But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
We were blessed several years ago with a minivan that we leased for a few years and then bought. It was so much fun to drive a brand new vehicle off the lot [...]

1 Corinthians 12:27 KJV
(27)  Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
  I did some work a couple years ago for a pool cleaning company. I really enjoyed being outside in the sun and rain, getting plenty of exercise and taking care of many different pools, some of which were pretty incredible. [...]

John 3:16  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
 
Somehow it was ‘love’ at first sight. The magic took place right away as souls were bonded and passions rose high. How could there be anything but a ‘love’ [...]

Jeremiah 29:11  For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Have you ever known someone who was talking a certain talk, but you would just like to get in their head and find out what they were really [...]

Micah 7:18  Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
:19  He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all [...]

Genesis 15:5  And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
:6  And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
I got stopped the other day. An [...]

Proverbs 7:18  Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
:19  For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
:20  He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
There is this illusion of freedom to [...]