Fear and worldly pressures would crowd out the very peace we need in order to face daily demands. But this writer finds that prayer and regular study of the Bible restore that peace and give a better vantage point on life's purpose.
The visual images pile up—in videos and films, in television and radio news, in magazine and newspaper photo features. Sorting out what is true takes real vision—the spiritual discernment which God gives.
When a member of the family made her feel like an outsider, a woman looked within — to a deeper spiritual sense of man as God's image. She not only felt more of God's inclusive love; she again felt included by the whole family.
With all the emphasis on "the body beautiful," there is a tendency to think that how we look is what we are. But health, wholeness, beauty, are actually spiritual qualities derived from God, not from physique.
More and more people are rebelling against unjust restrictions — restrictions of body, of rights, and of thought. As we rise up to overthrow limitations, the Bible has indispensable lessons to teach about the truth that makes free.
