Tear Your Heart
Father, September's last week begins. I've walked through twenty-two days - some faithful, some failing, most somewhere between. I've maintained some commitments and abandoned others. I've pursued some goals and neglected many. Now eight days remain and the temptation is coasting toward Oc
September's last week begins today. You've walked through twenty-two days of this month - survived trials, maintained some commitments, compromised others, learned lessons, made mistakes, kept trusting. Now the final stretch: eight days until October. This is dangerous territory. The fini
Though outwardly you're wasting away, yet inwardly you're being renewed day by day. What you see in the mirror doesn't tell the whole story. I'm working beneath the surface, renewing what the world can't see, transforming what aging and difficulty are wearing down. Trust the process.
Father, Matthew was a tax collector - despised traitor, collaborator with oppressors, living off exploitation. Yet Jesus called him, ate with him, chose him as apostle. Matthew left everything immediately and followed. That despised tax collector became the evangelist who wrote the first G