No Pain, No Gain

“Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, you are in heaviness through manifold temptations—that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishes, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor...

Joy Unspeakable

“Whom having not seen, you love; in Whom, though now you see Him not, yet believing, you rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of Glory—receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.” I Peter 1:8-9 It’s all about Him—and it’s “indescribably...

When Sorrows Overflow

“Therefore, His People return hither—and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.” Psalm 73:10 When “your tears have been your food day and night” (Ps. 42:3a) and there seems to be no end to your sorrow, it’s important to remember what to do and to Whom to turn....

Sorrowful Separation

“And when he had thus spoken, he knelt down and prayed with them all. And they all wept sore and fell on Paul’s neck and kissed him, sorrowing most of all for the words which he spoke, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship.”...

My Tears In His Bottle

“. . .put my tears into Your bottle; are they not in Your Book?” Psalm 56:8b How wonderful to know that He both catches and records each one of them. Tears. Of all creatures created by our God, we humans are the only ones that shed tears when emotionally distraught,...