Jesus said, "Blessed are the meek."

How is that even possible?

Jesus asked blind Bartimeus a question.

What if he asked you the same question?

Just thinking about them makes you smile and warms your heart.

Who are those people in your life? Thank God for them.

At first reading, James seems to think so.

Maybe there's a doubt that opens door and a doubt that shuts them.

Discernment is hard when every path is a gift and every path is a loss.

When we confess our sins, we're not telling God anything God doesn't know.

But sometimes in saying it out loud and having it heard we discover what we didn't know, that grace is real even for the likes of us.

We're not promised a way to avoid grief, but rather, comfort in the midst of it.

Post-menopausal Sarah laughter when she heard guests promise her a son. It was all too ridiculous.

Until it wasn't.

Abraham cleared a space for his unexpected visitors.

How often do we make a space for what God wants to say to us and give to us?

When we're good. When we're bad. When we succeed. When we fail.

We always have a home.