A few months ago, I started a new journal, titled Blessed Afflictions. It contains devotional readings and scriptures relative to adversity and suffering, gleaned from my daily reading and meditations. I took particular note during this week’s Wednesday Prayer Meeting of a disconcerting number of individuals going through many a

Revisiting None But The Hungry Heart, I’m reminded once again of that favorite verse and promise found in Isa 30:15: “In returning and rest you shall be saved;In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.” But that verse doesn’t end there.  It continues with these four words: “But you would