To Lend Each Other A Hand When

Childlike In Faith Means The Daily Acknowledgment Of Utter Dependence And That I Owe My Life And Being To Another.

How I Treat A Brother Or Sister From Day To Day, How I React To The Sin-scarred Wino On The Street, How I Respond To Interruptions From People I Dislike, How I Deal With Normal People In Their Normal Confusion On A Normal Day May Be A Better Indication Of My Reverence For Life Than The Antiabortion Sticker On The Bumper Of My Car.

Without Fear I Can Acknowledge That The Authentic Christian Tension Is Not Between Life And Death, But Between Life And Life.

What Makes Authentic Disciples Is Not Visions, Ecstasies, Biblical Mastery Of Chapter And Verse, Or Spectacular Success In The Ministry, But A Capacity For Faithfulness. Buffeted By The Fickle Winds Of Failure, Battered By Their Own Unruly Emotions, And Bruised By Rejection And Ridicule, Authentic Disciples May Have Stumbled And Frequently Fallen, Endured Lapses And Relapses, Gotten Handcuffed To The Fleshpots And Wandered Into A Far County. Yet, They Kept Coming Back To Jesus.

Only Reckless Confidence In A Source Greater Than Ourselves Can Empower Us To Forgive The Woulds Inflicted By Others.