A Bad Sermon Is Like

There Is A World Of Difference Between Being Friendly To Someone Because They're Useful To You And Being Someone's Friend.

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.'

Biblically, Waiting Is Not Just Something We Have To Do Until We Get What We Want. Waiting Is Part Of The Process Of Becoming What God Wants Us To Be.

You Have A "turn" Every Time You Have An Opportunity To Choose. But Most Of Us Only See A Tiny Fraction Of The Choices We Have.

I Am Disappointed With Myself. I Am Disappointed Not So Much With The Particular Things I Have Done As With The Aspects Of Who I Have Become. I Have A Nagging Sense That All Is Not As It Should Be.