‘Hope and change’ has become a cliche in our nation,
and it is daunting to think that any American could hope for change
from what God has blessed.
Billy Graham
To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune;
to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it;
to go through intrigue spotless; to forego even ambition when the end is gained–
who can say this is not greatness?”
William Makepeace Thackeray
(seagull surveying the tide / Julie Cook / 2017)
The task, should we choose to accept it, is nothing less than daunting.
To grow neither weary nor faint in the face of all that stretches before us.
To conform, to forget, to be worldly wise…the siren calls are ever more shrill.
Can you stand while facing the maelstrom, fully aware that you will be knocked
down, caught in the swirling…
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Encouraging; we need to defend the truth but also withstand the attack and be godly in our response. A high calling and how much we need God’s grace to be a witness that pleases God!
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