devotional

We each have the power to give. It__ the most gratifying feeling ever. By reaching out to help another human being you're sending ripples of positive change.

Take no stock in saying, "never", because it carries no guarantee.

Find your place in life, and GROW!

How do you wipe away pain? You don__. You put in tenderness, compassion and joy. You cling to hope and then you offer everything to God. And you wait, with faith you see all things anew _ light shines out from darkness, happiness grows through every pain, and all things become indeed so very beautiful in His time.

It isn__ violence that can break through our hearts. It isn__ force that binds us and keeps us together. Only tenderness has the power to accomplish what the fullness of love desires to do. Tenderness that approaches us little by little, and handles our feelings with the deepest affection and delight. Tenderness that is willing to wait for the right time until we are ready and we are no longer afraid.

The deepest wounds of the soul are healed only by compassion... People do not merely need to be clothed, they need to be embraced with love. A love that enters into their own fears and frailty, a love that suffers with them and stays with them through their darkest hour.

There at the cross, we see all pain and darkness conquered in such a way that it is defeated forever. Not by disregarding it. Not by denying it. But by giving value even to our tears. By loving everything about us, including our very worst hurts.

Love has a certain element of tenderness, which alone pierces through the heart and binds us more intimately than any force in the universe ever can.

Sometimes, all we need is just one person who believes in us and who will never give up on us. Someone who sees beyond our weaknesses, beyond our faults. Who knows that though we walk in darkness, we can still find our way into the light.

I hope you remember that you always have a place to hide, away from the noise of the world, away from all that dares to wound your heart. You can always hide within the merciful heart of God.

We shall never arrive at true meekness by any other way than by humiliating ourselves and by honoring others from the depth of our hearts.

Today, I challenge you to pay it forward. You don't need to save a village__nly one lost soul. Be the reflection of Christ and shine His light. The cost is little, but the reward is rich.

God has already been in your tomorrow, and is working on your today.

Hope is the light that flickers and burns eternally, when you remain steadfast with faith.

God has equipped me for battle, and is by my side leading me to victory.

You see, God didn't create us to merely survive. He created us to thrive! We were made for abundant life.

I understand our mornings can be busy; however, if we cannot make time for God now, then when?

The more you are grateful for what you have the more you can live fully in the present. When you live in the present moment the greater you can build stepping stones for a brighter future.