In my early years, there was a saying on the refrigerator: “Fear knocked, faith answered, no one was there.” As I have journeyed through life, I have gone back to that adage numerous times. The fear part has always been with me since I grew up in a fear-based atmosphere. The faith part, however, has …
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Cracked Cisterns
Two sins have my people committed; they have forsaken me, a spring of living water, and they have hewn themselves cisterns, cracked cisterns that can hold no water. Jeremiah 2:13 photo by Alvis Taurens Lately, I have been struggling with finding a “place for the singing of angels” (Howard Thurman) in my life. Both the …