Maybe you are in despair right now. Find a crying place. Find a place to get alone with God and cry it out... then find someone to sit with.

When Jesus says "I am the bread of life," a Russian or Azeri really pricks up their ears. That statement has MEANING for them.

Maybe you have felt stuck like this for YEARS. But what if it's a divine set-up?

Crawfish remind me of little worms in armor... yet a hiding place was provided for the little creature when it became alarmed.

May God lead each of us to someone who needs comfort. To someone who needs our presence in their lives... even if just for a moment.

So what is to be done? What can YOU do? Donate. Volunteer. Show up. Be present.

Maybe, like Elijah, you are sitting alone in the darkness...

Perhaps they thought Jesus would just pray a prayer when the messenger found him, and Lazarus would be healed. Except he didn't.

Two giant buckets of molten steel were being heated and filled. They appeared to be about 20' high... I sensed that they were almost full...

Last night, God showed me something interesting. I saw a whirlpool -- a maelstrom -- with a golden escalator coming up out of it.

God was telling Baruch that his pain was carefully measured. That more pain-- more struggles-- were in his future. But there was a limit.

God was telling me that he was cooking something up for me-- something good!-- but it wasn't done cooking yet. More time was required...

Sometimes you do the right thing or are minding your own business even, and you still get asked to leave.

We didn't get to see all the family and friends that I wanted to see, but we will try again the next trip.

Many of us are walking in treacherous places right now.

In my dream, I was in a hospital corridor, and was returning to see my friends when I came across a hole cut in the wall...

As I was praying, I saw hands washing a green pot. All the nasty dried food inside was being cleaned out...

More swamps. Just like the passage I read this morning. "More Fire Swamp, God, with quicksand hazards and Rodents of Unusual Size?"

But be bold, no matter who is watching. No matter what sacred cow is being worshiped.

Sometimes God removes us from hardships. But more often, He chooses to help us endure them.