Trapped under two floors of collapsed rubble caused by an earthquake -year-old Jinan a Syrian girl called out to rescuers as she shielded her little brother from the debris surrounding them ldquo Get me out of here I rsquo ll do anything for you rdquo she called heartbreakingly ldquo I rsquo ll be your servant rdquo nbsp nbsp Cries of distress are found throughout the Psalms ldquo When hard pressed I cried to the Lord rdquo While we may never experience the crushing weight of earthquake-collapsed buildings we all recognize the suffocating fears from a challenging medical diagnosis economic hardship [... more]

ldquo Please clean the front room before you go to bed rdquo nbsp I said to one of my daughters Instantly came the reply ldquo Why doesn rsquo t she have to do it rdquo nbsp Such mild resistance was frequent in our home when our girls were young My response was always the same ldquo Don rsquo t worry about your sisters I asked you rdquo In John we see this human tendency illustrated among the disciples Jesus had just restored Peter after he had denied Him three times see John ndash ndash Now Jesus said to Peter ldquo [... more]