. ~:~ To turn the other cheek Or wash your enemy’s feet; To quench the thirst Of those who curse; There’s nothing so intimate As to feel Someone’s pain.

create an artificial divide between the suffering of a martyr and other forms of suffering, some even feel

Not only does the non-Christian feel pressured to falsely claim to be a Christian, emotions could be

  *  ‘ . . . though I am of little use, I feel a pleasure in doing the little I can do,’ wrote one of If the following lines mirror your feelings, you’re headed for glory.  

Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume,  (38)  and as she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her

competitive sport, exams or whatever, if an individual finds something sufficiently traumatic and yet feels (Acts 9:3-18) On Patmos John fell down as if dead.

A few are so exalted as to endanger their spiritual walk, while the average Christian is made to feel

You need it in abundance, not to flout your joy insensitively in front of someone who feels cruelly robbed And most importantly, no one should perform surgery merely because they  feel  qualified.

It was such a shock that it is as if a part of you fell into a deep sleep, like sometimes happens when

possible cause, in a Spirit-led quest for answers, comfort and empowerment when life’s blows send us reeling On the other hand, could pointing the finger at a Christian reeling in misfortune, expose us to the wrath I pray your comfort upon every reader who, even now, is reeling in physical or emotional pain. My heart not only goes out to those who are not easily convinced, I feel a deep kinship with them.

His disciples dragging their heels behind him Mark 10:32-33; Luke 19:28 17. Genesis 33:4  Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him, and they wept . Genesis 45:14  He fell on his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept , and Benjamin wept  on his neck. Genesis 50:1  Joseph fell on his father’s face, wept  on him, and kissed him. Genesis 50:17   . . . David . . . fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times.

The problem then becomes our tendency to feel more certain than warranted by the evidence so far gathered when Weston rose to speak, Moody carried his chair off the platform, placed it literally at Weston’s feet To reap, we must embrace the pain of study and times when reading Scripture is like feeding on dust. No matter how dry we feel and how long the wait, we must keep asking and seeking.