Think It Over
From a distance, we dazzle; up close, we're tarnished. Put enough of us together and we may resemble an impressive mountain range. But when you get down into the shadowy crevices...the Alps we ain't.
Written by Chuck Swindoll, these encouraging devotional thoughts are published seven days per week.
From a distance, we dazzle; up close, we're tarnished. Put enough of us together and we may resemble an impressive mountain range. But when you get down into the shadowy crevices...the Alps we ain't.
The Lord is our spiritual road atlas. When we rely on Him, we'll never get lost.
God says, "Cease striving, and know that I am God."
Some of your best traits and some of your finest works will grow out of the incredibly painful periods of your life.
Don't seek more days in your life but more life in your days.
Life's most challenging opportunities are often brilliantly disguised as unsolvable problems.
When we get things squared away vertically, it helps clear away the fog horizontally.
The next time you start feeling like Job—alone, accused, deserted by friends, misunderstood, ripped off—turn to Him, your own "Advocate with the Father."
The victory we desire is never automatic.
And let's not feel so smug about it. Born spiritually dead and diseased by sin from our mother's womb, we have the roots of wickedness deep within us. You do. I do. Every human does, including children.