“Blessed are those who mourn . . .” Blessed are you who weep now . . .” Matthew 5:4; Luke 6:21 The Bible is honest about life in our fallen, broken world. Jesus is frank and direct about what happens in our souls when our fallen world falls on us. He refuses to pretend that …

“For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed. From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts.” Malachi 3:6–7 Have you ever thought something …

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures.He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul.He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil,for you are with …

“For your Maker is your husband, the Lord of hosts is his name; and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, the God of the whole earth he is called. For the Lord has called you like a wife.” Isaiah 54:5–6 When you think about what God is like, what comes to your mind? …

But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, …