"The Lord within her is righteous. He does no wrong.... every new day he does not fail."
                        Zephaniah 3:5
I drank those words like tonic as I sat before the God I love---and trust---and wept. My feelings were hurt. Not because God was wrong but because my feelings are at times such ( Read more... )

When we won't forgive, the people we often want to be around least because they've hurt us so badly are the very people we take with us emotionally everywhere we go. Get this: we are "subject to" them through our own unforgiveness. Do you want to be subject to someone who has hurt you terribly? Neither do I.

Most people may think of forgiveness as ( Read more... )

"You don't have to stay there. Even if you've been there your whole life, you can call it a day. Even if you deserve the pit you live in, you're still not stuck there. Maybe you're the noble type trying to make the best of your pit. You keep wondering why you can't get satisfied there. Why you aren't mature enough to be content where you are. After ( Read more... )