Category Archives: Scripture reflections
Friday: from the archives
Something from Amy Carmichael: 1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and he who fears is not perfected in love. Let us take time today to consider the love of God. Some of us are tempted to fear about ourselves. …
Friday: from the archives
A bit of a balm for those who are fearful: Jer 39.17: But I will deliver you on that day, says the Lord, and you shall not be given into the hand of the men of whom you are afraid. What is the thing you most fear and most earnestly pray about, the thing that …
Loving my littleness
I have a flip-top collection of quotes of St. Thérèse in the room where I pray, and I have had it flipped to this quote for a few weeks now: “What pleases Him is that He sees me loving my littleness and my poverty.” This morning as I read it, I was struck by the …
The light shines
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” (John 1.5)
