Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God… I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10 The saying goes – “It’s always darkest before the storm”. That may be true, but the storm tosses you back and forth, crashing you …
St. Augustine’s devout mother, Monica, taught her young son carefully and prayerfully. His brilliance concerned her deeply, especially when, as a young man, he cast off his simple faith in Christ for current heresies and a life given over to immorality. Later, Augustine wrote: “I could not distinguish between the …
by Ruth Bell Graham – Footprints of a Pilgrim Look o’er the fields about you – riveted, hilled with graves; no one can count the number of those who perished as slaves; slaves to the sin they were born in, knowing not God or His Light; died without God’s great …
by Ruth Bell Graham Like an electric shock, the name of someone I loved dearly flashed into my mind at 3 a.m. and jolted me awake. So I lay there praying for the one who was trying hard to run away from God. When it is dark and the imagination …
