“What else does this craving, and this helplessness, proclaim but that there was once in man a true happiness, of which all that now remains is the empty print and trace? This he tries in vain to fill with everything around him, seeking in things that are not there the help he cannot find in those that are, though none can help, since this infinite abyss can be filled only with an infinite and immutable object; in other words by God himself” ...

1 Corinthians 13:1-3 1 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing. I ...

I saw this story circulating on the interwebs and thought it would be great for our Learn section! "A pastor transformed himself into a homeless person and went to the church that he was to be introduced as the head pastor at that morning. He walked around his soon to be church for 30 minutes while it was filling with people for service. Only 3 people said hello to him, most looked the other way. He asked people for change to buy food because he ...

Today I needed to be reminded to rest. When I say “rest”, I do not mean emptying my mind, laying around and vegging out. No, I needed to be reminded of the sovereignty of God and know that His plan is active. Working and living in a place that does not know God becomes burdensome and tiring... soul draining! Here is the scripture that I was immediately reminded of: Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in ...