Missionary Couple Suffers Greatly in Kenya

I tried to come up with some sort of catchy phrase to use as a title for the news article linked to at the end of this post but they seemed to come up short in honoring the gravity of the article. A missionary couple in Kenya were brutally assaulted recently, and need our prayers. Jesus never said that we would be safe; he never said that we wouldn’t suffer. What Jesus did say is that he would be with us to the end of the age. God’s love didn’t fail for the missionaries in this article, and His purposes will come out of their suffering. I write that with grief, with somber joy and with hopeful expectation. If you are a believer, please join me in lifting up this brother and sister – that Christ’s forgiveness and passionate (suffering) love might be displayed powerfully through what has happened. In prayer we can take time to be with them as Christ has promised to be with us all.

http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=43583b69-3794-42c4-b0ec-72b90f91bdf2

There is always hope

I’m not going to lie to you, this article made me cry.

Courage and hope amid Kenya’s carnage

New purpose

Unlike my old blog I plan to use this blog to not only post poetry, but also proverbs, thoughts, and provocations.  Hopefully I’ll manage a little more consistency in posting this time around.