The first chapter of Genesis repeats a beautiful sentence: “God saw that it was good.” God created the light, the oceans, the land, the trees, and every living creature. After each act of creation, He looked upon His work and declared it good. When He created humanity in His own image, Scripture says: “God saw everything that He had made, and indeed, it was very good” (Genesis 1:31). Yet when we look at our own lives, we do not always see what is good. We see unanswered praye

As I recently walked through Signers’ Hall at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, I found myself surrounded by forty-two life-size bronze statues. They represent the delegates who gathered at the Constitutional Convention—those who signed the Constitution and those who chose not to sign. These men had spent months debating, disagreeing, worrying, and compromising. They knew the document before them was imperfect. Yet many signed it, believing that it offered a f

While visiting the Colosseum yesterday, I noticed a pile of stones and stopped to take a photograph. Those stones reminded me of an old proverb: “Rome was not built in a day, but they were laying bricks every hour.” We often focus on the first part: “Rome was not built in a day.” We use it to remind ourselves to be patient. But the second part is equally important: they were laying bricks every hour. Patience does not mean doing nothing. It means continuing faithfully, even w