We come to the table not because we are holy, but because we are in need of His holiness. We come to the table not because we are strong, but because we are weak and in need of His strength. Jonathan Martin More Quotes by Jonathan Martin More Quotes From Jonathan Martin Our scars reveal who we are. The fact that we have experienced profound suffering in life—the fact that we carry what may seem to be unsightly scars—does not disqualify us from following Jesus. It may be precisely what qualifies us. Jonathan Martin suffering profound jesus In our culture of constant access and nonstop media, nothing feels more like a curse from God than time in the wilderness. To be obscure, to be off the beaten path, to be in the wilderness feels like abandonment. It seems more like exile than a vacation. To be so far off of everyone’s radar that the world might forget about us for a while? That’s almost akin to death…[But] far from being punishment, judgment, or a curse, the wilderness is a gift. It’s where we can experience the primal delight of being fully known and delighted in by God. Jonathan Martin vacation punishment media It turns out that knowing how loved we are by God makes all the difference in the kind of people we will become. Jonathan Martin differences knowing people Obscurity is where God sends all His favorite sons and daughters. Our society tells us that if and when we get ‘there’—the job or position or degree we’ve always wanted, the notoriety we’ve always dreamed of—that’s when all the important stuff will start happening. Not so. All the good stuff happens in obscurity. Jonathan Martin daughter jobs son They think that Kris Kobach could actually still be beatable on Tuesday, but they're worried that Trump's itchy Twitter finger could play a role during the course of President Donald Trump long unsupervised golf weekend in New Jersey, and there's some thought that if Kris Kobach does do that tweet, that puts Kobach over the top, and it's going to have to make them spend a lot of money in Kansas this year, in an otherwise red state. Jonathan Martin politics He knows the politics, culture and history of his state in a way that makes him an invaluable resource for those of us who descend on 'LAS' looking for everything from Harry Reid's latest thinking to the best restaurant on and off the strip. Jonathan Martin politics
