Child psychologists have asserted that for kids to become resilient, they need 6-7 positive words for every negative one spoken over them.
Winnie The Pooh seems to be quite the optimist when he says: “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”
He is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.
A house divided against itself: Jesus is illustrating the fact that sustainability relies on congruency. Disunity is a cancer to living cells. Mark 3:25
Everything in our society is screaming at us to pick a side. Sadly, many have tried to make a division between two things Jesus unites in Himself.
The picture that Jesus gives us is one of readiness. “Dissipation”, an antithesis of readiness, may refer to any form of overconsumption—even complacency.
Job laments that the prime of life seems to have passed him by—a time when the friendship of God—His intimacy and blessing—had been strong upon his life.
One of the aspects of the Bible that has always comforted me is the fact that it is filled not only with the overcoming narrative, but also with the transparency of the struggle.
In Mark 9, a troubled father appears to be dealing with a heart crisis. His “Help my unbelief” plea is one of the most authentic prayers of the Bible.
Whether it’s been one of defeat, disappointment, failure, embarrassment, shame, or smear, Isaiah has a firm admonishment for those stuck in the narrative.