Notebook

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.

Anything that costs you your peace is too expensive.

Brokenness to redemption, where mercy and grace kiss both sides of our face. Brokenness where we are split open. Redemption where God knits us back together. Mercy when we don’t get the punishment we do deserve. Grace when we get the lavish love gifts we don’t deserve. So here we are.

Faith is the answer to fear. Deep down we are all afraid: of suffering, or of dying, or of God’s judgment, or of the unknown, or of weakness, or of our lives slipping out of our control, or of not being understood and loved. We sin because we fear. We bully because we are cowards. Faith casts out fear as light casts out darkness. God has shone his light into our world, and it is stronger than darkness (Jn 1:5). That light is Jesus Christ.