To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power …
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Not Enough to Give
“Oops, I blew out the vein.” The phlebotomist at the blood bank had just inserted a needle in a vein in the crook of my right arm. “What does that mean?” I was feeling a bit of pain, but that phrase sounded worse than I felt. “Oh, I just mean your vein won’t receive the …
Image Truth
"God, I'm out on a limb, here." I'd just sent in my memoir manuscript and was feeling vulnerable. Immediately, an image came, of Jesus standing under the limb, supporting the thick branch. Not only was the branch enough to hold me, but it rested on Jesus' shoulder, directly under my position on the limb. So …