“It caught me off guard. I wasn’t expecting to hear that news at the ultrasound. It reminded me of the loss of my husband, with his loss came blessings."
"You are so unbelievably excited that your child is born…and in the next moment you believe you’ll have to say farewell to your wife forever. It was like being numbed."
“We need to be shipwreck divers. We need to actually go into the depths of pain and all the other things,” he added. “You’ll find your joy by actually going a little deeper.”
"If you find yourself stressed out from worrying and exhausted from trying to plan out every little piece of your life, it might be time to give up. It’s time to let the future be the future."
"We’re getting a bellyache lately from filling up on worldly food, making ourselves sick on politics and conspiracy theories. We cannot reap if our diet is unhealthy! We must feed on His truth."
He will impart His plans, His knowledge, and His heart, but I’ve found the key to hearing that still, small voice is pushing out the noise that distracts us.
Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), who is an ordained United Methodist pastor, opened the 117 Congress with prayer on Sunday. In closing, Rep. Cleaver turned many heads when he said “Amen and awoman.”
