Opinion
“Christian Men Should be the Greatest Advocates for Women”
I grew up with a father who listened to me. He didn’t just listen to me–he sought out my thoughts and opinions and was interested in my ideas and my delights and my sorrows. I never got the impression that he thought of me as a “hysterical female” or that he was inwardly rolling his eyes at me. In my writing, he’s been one of my biggest cheerleaders, encouraging me to be bold in telling the truth. And he often texts me after I’ve written something, claiming that he learned from it or that it spoke to him in some way.
“To Love Christ”
Dear Christian, let us not be deceived concerning our salvation and where we shall spend eternity. The truth is we will either enter into God’s eternal kingdom to spend eternity with Jesus Christ, Who took upon Himself the wrath of God for all who would come to Him, or we shall perish under the torments of hellfire where God’s justice will be poured out upon those who reject Him.
“To Be Alive”
When our church first started having in-person services again after COVID began, I would stand in the hallway as our church members entered the building for Sunday service. My job was simple: drop a squirt of hand sanitizer into outstretched hands. I saw hands hardened by callouses and hands spotted with age. I saw tiny fingers on soft baby hands, and I saw scars, wrinkles, freckles, and the various shades of skin that God has made. Every open hand that was offered up to me belonged to someone who saw a dollop of hand sanitizer as a minuscule price to pay for the chance to sit in our building, to look into the faces of our family eternal, to worship together.