Friday, September 18
Today’s verse
“The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.”
A thought
God does not wait for you to pull yourself together. Nearness is His answer to your breaking, not to your recovery.
Every verse in the collection
- John 1:12 — Not employees.
- Psalm 34:18 — God does not wait for you to pull yourself together.
- Romans 5:8 — The cross came before you cleaned anything up.
- Matthew 11:28 — The invitation is to come tired, not to come ready.
- Isaiah 41:10 — The cure for fear here is not a change of circumstances.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17 — Your past is not your identity.
- Ephesians 2:8-9 — You cannot earn it, which means you cannot lose it by failing to earn it well enough today.