1. Who we are buried with matters. But there is no need to go out and find a dead prophet so you can join him six feet under.
  2. The promise here is that God is present with us in our troubles, issuing commands to save us before we ask. God does not ignore our suffering and cries.
  3. Sometimes it’s important to go far away to learn of holy places back home.
  4. You can die now, you can let go, and because that is true, you can begin to live!
  5. God is not a preoccupied parent, he’s an invested and interested tender loving Father. He values what perplexes us.
  6. When we own up to our sin, our Father is not scandalized, and his response is not to reconsider his calling us.
  7. This world of unbearable grief and accidental calamity is being renewed and, soon, will be completely bereft of every pernicious foe.
  8. There is perhaps no better observation about the nature of anxiety and depression than its fundamental desire for avoidance.
  9. Rest doesn’t come cheap. Perhaps there’s no scarcer commodity in our time. Plenty sell it, but there’s no warranty, and it seldom lasts.
  10. The sword of the spirit in Holy Scripture does indeed show us our sin, but thanks be to God, it also shows us our Savior.
  11. You might not know it, but every Christian hopes for the day when their faith will die. Really. I promise. Faith’s death is our celebration.
  12. Our hope is God's mercy. It's like a well that never dries up. His mercies were there before he created us. They are present for us today.