Wednesday Feb 4

Father, I didn't choose when or where I was born, but you did. You set me in this time, this place, these circumstances with purpose I don't fully understand. Sometimes I resent the limitations of my birth - wishing I had different opportunities, different family, different advantages. Som

While outwardly you're wasting away, inwardly I'm renewing you day by day. The visible troubles you face are achieving invisible glory that far outweighs them all. Don't focus only on what you can see - I'm doing my deepest work in places eyes can't reach. Trust the process you can't obser

Jesus described God's kingdom using the most mundane imagery imaginable - yeast in dough, seeds in soil, coins lost and found. When his disciples expected political revolution and dramatic displays of power, he talked about farmers scattering seed (Mark 4:26-27). The kingdom grows, he said