Joylessness May Be The Sin Most Readily

Will You Keep Going When You Don't Know Why? When You Can't Get Any Answers That Would Make The Pain Go Away, Will You Still Say, 'my Lord,' Even Though His Ways Are Not Clear To You? Will You Keep Going-with All The Grace And Grit And Faith You Can Muster-and Live In Hope That One Day God Will Set Everything Right. Will You Trust That God Is Good? ... Ultimately, The Choice Everyone Faces Is The Choice Between Hope And Despair. Jesus Says, 'choose Hope.'

Passion For Our Work Is Not Usually A Subterranean Volcano Waiting To Erupt...it Is A Muscle That Gets Strengthened A Little Each Day As We Show Up - As We Do What Is Expected Of Us, And Then Some.

There Is Such A Love, A Love That Creates Value In What Is Loved. There Is A Love That Turns Rag Dolls Into Priceless Treasures. There Is A Love That Fastens Itself Onto Ragged Little Creatures, For Reasons That No One Could Ever Quite Figure Out, And Makes Them Precious And Valued Beyond Calculation. This Is Love Beyond Reason. This Is The Love Of God.

I Don't Have A Problem With Delegation. I Love To Delegate. I Am Either Lazy Enough, Or Busy Enough, Or Trusting Enough, Or Congenial Enough, That The Notion Leaving Tasks In Someone Else's Lap Doesn't Just Sound Wise To Me, It Sounds Attractive.

Our Beliefs Are Not Just Estimates Of Probabilities. They Are Also The Instruments That Guide Our Actions.