Pleasant Words

Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us…

  The bitter coolness from the floor was more tolerable to Mary because of the thin cushion under her. As He spoke of His Heavenly Father’s love, she seemed ready to stand at any moment.

“And Jesus answered and said to her, ‘Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which…

“Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me! For my soul trusts in You; and in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge, until these…