precious(ness) - Naomi King Walker

04153 – The Real Start of the Show

Faith is precious, but it’s just the opening act for the real start of the show, which is love.

03518 – Precious in God’s Eyes

Once we deeply trust that we ourselves are precious in God's eyes, we are able to recognize the preciousness of others and their unique places in God's heart.

03264 – Precious Soul

by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

Consider how precious a soul must be, when both God and the Devil are after it.

02969 – Lonely

by Steinbeck, John

All great and precious things are lonely.

02211 – Feelings Don’t Always Carry Truth

by Nouwen, Henri J. M.

Every time you feel hurt, offended, or rejected, you have to dare to say to yourself: "These feelings, strong as they may be, are not telling me the truth about myself. The truth, even though I cannot feel it right now, is that I am the chosen child of God, precious...

02160 – Not Always Kept Safe

by Julian of Norwich

If there is anywhere on earth a lover of God who is always kept safe, I know nothing of it, for it was not shown to me. But this was shown: that in falling and rising again we are always kept in that same precious love. from Revelations of Divine Law

01908 – Know that You Can Trust God

by Buechner, Frederick

Go where your best prayers take you. Unclench the fists of your spirit and take it easy. Breathe deep of the glad air and live one day at a time. Know that you are precious. Know that you can trust God. from Telling Secrets

01850 – The Only Lives We are Going to Have

by Buechner, Frederick

We must be careful with our lives, for Christ's sake, because it would seem that they are the only lives we are going to have in this puzzling and perilous world, and so they are very precious and what we do with them matters enormously.

01711 – Whiteness: Oppressive, Whether Intentional or Not

by Brown, Austin Channing

At my Christian elementary school, we sang, “Jesus loves the little children…red and yellow, black and white, all are precious in his sight.” In alignment with this song, white people often professed, “I don’t even see color,” reassuring me that I would be safe from...