I can’t believe I missed it. But I did. So I’m glad someone else brought it up. Yesterday morning at our Men of the Word study, we were in chapter 5 of a biography of Hudson Taylor, missionary to China. As the discussion went around the table, one of the men mentioned a phrase from…
Burdens. We all have them. There are times that we bear up well, and at other times we feel crushed by their weight. You’ll find the word “burden” in Psalm 55:22, the only time that this particular Hebrew word is used in the Old Testament. “Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain…
38 years. 38 years, and there he still was. 38 years seeking the healing power of the waters, but he never seemed to be quick enough. 38 years of trying to make it on his own, because he had no one to help. 38 long, agonizing years. But then one day someone stopped by and…