Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart for they will see God. Blessed are those with undivided hearts. But I’m prone to be a pharisee – dedicated to godliness on the outside, rotting eaten up with ambition and pride on the inside (Matthew 23:25-26). While my life is destined to… Read More
In April of 1963 Martin Luther King Jr was jailed in Birmingham for his participation in a “nonviolent direct action” – a peaceful protest. White clergy responded by drafting a letter to King asserting that he was an “outsider” meddling in affairs that were none of his business. The implication… Read More
The people who say you can’t… quit trying long ago… or never tried at all. You may not succeed in the end. But they failed to start. (The most important words are the ones I write to myself.) View Post
It is hard for me to forgive someone who has really offended me View Post
It is hard for me to forgive someone who has really offended me, especially when it happens more than once. I begin to doubt the sincerity of the one who asks forgiveness for a second, third, or fourth time. But God does not keep count. God just waits for our… Read More
Shaun Groves