Be patient when you are sitting in the dark... The dawn is coming.
03503 – Patience, Please!
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03488 – Only a Passing Thing
But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
03484 – Smokescreens?
If I were a betting woman, I’d bet 10 bucks some of the meanest, relentlessly condemning people do in the dark the very thing they condemn in the light. I wish I had the luxury of a background that wouldn’t make me suspect smokescreens of loudmouth Bible police. But I...
03419 – Knowing the Joy of God
People who have come to know the joy of God do not deny the darkness, but they choose not to live in it.
03412 – It’s Possible
I know and I speak from experience, that even in the midst of darkness, it is possible to create light and share warmth with one another. Even on the edge of the abyss, it is possible to dream exalted dreams of compassion; that it is possible to be free and strengthen...
03240 – Light in the Darkness
Jesus calls us to be light in the darkness, exposing those things that are not like God no matter where we find them, even in those organizations we greatly love. We are called to sit apart when those who stand together are disobedient to Him.
03213 – Night vs. Day, Happy vs. Sad
There are just as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in a year's course. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word "happy" would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.
03167 – Compassion is…
Compassion is knowing our darkness well enough that we can sit in the dark with others.
03074 – Concealing Our Wounds
In a futile attempt to erase our past, we deprive our community of our healing gift. If we conceal our wounds out of fear and shame, our inner darkness can neither be illuminated nor become a light for others.
02954 – God’s Glory Cannot be Diminished
A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word "darkness" on the walls of his cell. from The Problem of Pain-----------------------------------------------Gender-inclusive version: One can no...