Waiting in Grief Just so, it is no part of your heavenly Father’s plan that a single one of these little ones shall ever come to grief. (Mt 18:14) This is how Jesus ended his parable about the shepherd who had one hundred sheep. When one of them got lost, Read more
Waiting to Be Healed Some men came along carrying a paralytic on a mat. They were trying to bring him in and lay him before Jesus; but they found no way of getting him through because of the crowd, so they went up on the roof. There they let him Read more
Waiting for Justice Oh God, with your judgment endow the king, and with your justice, the king’s son; he shall govern your people with justice and your afflicted ones with judgment. Justice shall flower in his days, and profound peace, till the moon be no more. May he rule from Read more
Waiting for the Reign of God Then he summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority to expel unclean spirits and to cure sickness and disease of every kind. He gave them these instructions: “Go instead after the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As you go, make this Read more
Waiting in Darkness In that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book, and out of gloom and darkness, the eyes of the blind shall see. The lowly will ever find joy in the Lord, and the poor rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. For the tyrant Read more
Waiting on the Rock Anyone who hears my words and puts them into practice is like the wise man who built his house on rock. When the rainy season set in, the torrents came and the winds blew and buffeted his house. It did not collapse; it had been solidly Read more
The prophet Isaiah says, The Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces; the reproach of his people he will remove from the whole earth; for the Lord has spoken. (Is 25:8). The Israelites spent forty years wandering the desert and putting up with often-painful situations. Likely, they Read more