Caring for One Another by Ed Welch

I recently finished reading Caring for One Another by Ed Welch.
Here are some quotes that stood out to me.

"You know you have entered into the heart when you discover wants, affections, or desires."
(Kindle edition, page 24)

"Practice seeing the good—not just good circumstances but moral goodness. Notice when the person is patient when treated badly, kind when treated unkindly, forgiving, gentle, and able to say no to renegade desires."
(Kindle edition, page 30)

"Here is a general rule: the more you understand a person’s physical weaknesses, the more patient you will be with that person."
(Kindle edition, page 39)

"As a variation of the Golden Rule you could also consider what has been unhelpful to you and others. For example, it is almost always unhelpful to give advice to someone who is troubled unless the troubled one asks. Advice is what we would do in another’s situation, even though we might never have been in that situation. It typically sounds teacher-like, and it bypasses compassion. It is rarely personal. So hold back your advice unless it is requested."
(Kindle edition, page 47)

"Hardships will come. Jesus has gone before us in hardships and knows us. The love of the Father pursues us in our hardships. The Father’s justice, which will silence all perpetrators and restore his people, is assured."
(Kindle edition, page 55)

"Both our own suffering and the suffering of others compel us to humility, in which we aspire to be more like children than teachers. These do, however, remind us that God speaks about our suffering and to sufferers."
(Kindle edition, page 58)

"Not that sin itself is good, but we are actually blessed when we can see our sin."
(Kindle edition, page 61)

"We do this work in small steps, being a little more alert in everyday conversations, a little more confident that the Lord uses ordinary people. We are just moving toward one person, then another, knowing, seeing good things, bearing burdens, praying for and praying with."
(Kindle edition, page 67)


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Here is Love

Here is love vast as the ocean,
Loving-kindness as the flood,
When the Prince of Life, our ransom,
Shed for us His precious blood.
Who His love will not remember?
Who can cease to sing His praise?
He can never be forgotten
Throughout heav’n’s eternal days.

On the Mount of Crucifixion,
Fountains opened deep and wide;
Through the flood-gates of God’s mercy
Flowed a vast and gracious tide.
Grace and love like mighty rivers
Poured incessant from above;
Heaven’s peace and perfect justice
Kissed a guilty world in love.

Here is love that conquered evil:
Christ, the firstborn from the grave;
Death has failed to be found equal
To the life of Him Who saves.
In the valley of our darkness
Dawned His everlasting light;
Perfect love in glorious radiance
Has repelled death’s hellish night.

That same love beyond all measure,
Mocked and slain by hateful men,
Lives and reigns in resurrection
And can never die again.
Here is love for all the ages,
Radiant Sun of Heav’n He stands,
Calling home His Father’s children,
Holding forth His wounded hands.

Here is love, vast as the heavens;
Countless as the stars above
Are the souls that He has ransomed,
Precious daughters, treasured sons.
We are called to feast forever on a love beyond our time;
Glorious Father, Son, and Spirit
Now with man are intertwined.

Here is Love by William Rees, Matt Giles, and Vell Rives

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Spine Labels - Set 38

spine labels
noun (plural) - a collection of odds and ends that are as random as reading spine labels in a bookstore

Hatch Ideas notebook

This Book Is a Planetarium

Scratch Travel journal

Collapsible Water Bottle

Egg and Toast salt and pepper shakers

Mason Jar sponge holder

Latte Bowls

Yellow Butterfly pyrex bowls

Mini Waffle Maker

Plaid Wool Blanket


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Jesus Bears All Our Griefs - Even the Self-Inflicted Ones

"Someone who is suffering as a result of his own foolishness or failure may read these words. These griefs are hard indeed to bear, for we feel we might easily have avoided them. We have no one to blame but ourselves, and there isn’t much consolation there. Sometimes we imagine that we must bear this kind of trouble alone, but that is a mistake. The Lamb of God, slain for us, has borne all of our griefs and carried all of our sorrows, no matter what their origin. All grief and sorrow is the result of sin somewhere along the line, but Christ received them willingly. It is nothing but pride that keeps me from asking Him to help me to bear the troubles which are my own fault."
- Elisabeth Elliot


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Green Leaf in Drought by Isobel Kuhn

I recently finished reading Green Leaf in Drought by Isobel Kuhn.
Here are some quotes that stood out to me.

"Tender words, for our Lord never scolded Martha for her 'if;' nor Mary (who accompanied the same 'if' with mute worship, prostrating herself at His feet), but with her, He wept. Wept at the sorrow which must accompany spiritual growth in our lives: for by suffering He also learned obedience."
(Kindle edition, page 465)

"When dark clouds obscure my vision, and the way I may not see, I will trust Him in the darkness, for I know He pilots me."
(Kindle edition, location 496)

"Amy Carmichael once replied to a Tamil Christian who took this meaning of service: 'God didn’t make you all mouth.' The most potent way to preach is by life, by living it. This was the service which the Mathews family were to render to Him."
(Kindle edition, location 843)




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When Love is Found

When love is found and hope comes home,
sing and be glad that two are one.
When love explodes and fills the sky,
praise God, and share our Maker's joy.

When love has flowered in trust and care,
build both each day that love may dare
to reach beyond home's warmth and light,
to serve and strive for truth and right.

When love is tried as loved-ones change,
hold still to hope though all seems strange,
till ease returns and love grows wise
through listening ears and opened eyes.

When love is torn and trust betrayed,
pray strength to love till torments fade,
till lovers keep no score of wrong,
but hear through pain love's Easter song.

Praise God for love, praise God for life,
in age or youth, in calm or strife.
Lift up your hearts, let love be fed
through death and life in broken bread.

When Love is Found by Brian Wren

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