Love is difficult to sustain, not because it is a positive emotion, but because it is a complex one. Hate is easy to maintain for a lifetime because it is a simple one. Love might be compared to the building of a tall and elaborate sandcastle, taking many hours of painstaking effort, cooperation, balance, and persistence; and hate might be compared to the foot that comes along and with one vicious or thoughtless kick destroys in a moment what has been built up.
Sydney J. Harris (1917–1986)

By Larry Moyer
Speaking to a broken heart is like giving nourishment to a starving child. Speaking to a hard heart is like correcting a rebellious teenager. So how do you do it?
If you’re looking for an easy answer, it’s not there. But here are some helpful ideas – ones that may crack open the most callous heart.
Start on your knees.
Remember, not only can you not do it, God doesn’t expect you to. You are the instrument; you’re not the power.
An employer once told an employee to attempt the breaking of …

Our carnal minds often lead us to the wrong conclusions about reality. “Let this mind be in you which is also in Christ Jesus.” “…by the renewing of your mind…” (begin each study with an optical illusion)
I feel abandoned
I lack faith
I don’t need God