One day God will wipe away your tears. The hands that created space will touch your cheeks. The hands that clenched in agony when the nail pierced them will one day cup your face and wipe your tears away.

— Max Lucado (b. 1955), Bestsellerautor und Pastor

Related Bible passage: REV.21.4

Topics: Grief & Comfort, Eternity & Hope Beyond Death

Occasions: Comfort

Max Lucado

Max Lucado (* 1955) ist ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Pastor und Bestsellerautor, der über viele Jahre die überkonfessionelle Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas, leitete. Er ist bekannt für seinen erzählerischen, seelsorgerlichen Stil über Gottes Gnade und Trost, wobei frühere konservative Äußerungen zu Homosexualität auch öffentliche Kontroversen auslösten. Für Bibelleser bieten seine Texte leicht verständliche, alltagsnahe Zugänge zu biblischen Geschichten, die dogmatische Schärfe zugunsten persönlicher Ermutigung in den Hintergrund stellen.

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