Tears are deceiving, men cry at the theatre, weep in church service, cry at funerals, then wipe their eyes and forget it all. Broken hearts are better than flowing eyes. ~ L R. Shelton
Christians let your souls dwell upon the vanity of all things here below , till your hearts are so throughly convinced and persuaded of the vanity of them, as to trample upon them and make them a footstool for Christ to get up and ride in a holy...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Whose heart is not affected, when a reference is made to his mother? There is something sacred about a mother, especially a Christian mother — and a Christian mother in Heaven. Memory having recorded, recalls the past:The mother's features....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
God doesn't have to save you my friend, but you will carry out the purpose of God. If you die and go to hell, it will be to the glory of God's justice. If the Lord saves you it will be to the praise of the glory of His grace. Now you can only be...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Christ is building His kingdom with earth's broken things. Men want only the strong, the successful, the victorious, the unbroken, in building their kingdoms. But God is the God of the unsuccessful, of those who have failed. Heaven is filling with...[ abbreviated | read entire ]