Learn the name that God calls us and begin learning to value that name above all others.
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The truth is, He knows all about the tender and tenuous chaos of our lives, and yet he values us as treasure. In the midst of the mess is the power of Christ’s love.
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My eyes peel open, my hands already in a surrendered position. I recount aloud every dense, dark night I crawled through. Every breath accounted for as if it could be the last. The ghosts I unearthed and buried again in forgiveness.
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I served and loved God for many years before I truly embraced the fact that He loved me. Unfortunately, keeping that wall up is what allowed me to be conditional with others. I didn’t want to love others because they hurt me, they disappointed me, or they didn’t live like I did. Maybe I was nice to them, but I was judging them.
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I was so far from clean and steadfast. My eyes had been darkened in my own selfish pursuit to get what I wanted out of life and love. I manipulated my way through life, and I surely felt very little compassion for other people. I never dreamed how God could plant the truth of His word so deeply.
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Sometimes the best life lessons are learned through other’s mistakes. Saul, the first king of Israel, is exhibit A. Here is a man full of such promise. At first, he appears to be God’s man. But over time, his true heart allegiance is revealed.
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To surrender means to cease resistance, and I was resisting because of fear.
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One in four adults and about 17 percent of children in America live with disability. How many more will experience disability as they age? And when they do, will we as a church be there?
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Prioritizing date nights seem to be pushed at us often through social media. If you can’t go out, don’t stress. The point is not going out, the point is prioritizing your relationship.
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Be mindful of which one you look into and know that your image may be distorted in a warped or dirty mirror. Instead, go look at yourself clearly in God’s mirror.
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Disillusioned and wounded beyond my wildest imagination, I sat broken at the feet of Jesus and have been walking out a lesson in love ever since.
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My original idea of “good” included quick-fixes and immediate circumstantial changes. But I sense that I am being welcomed into something better than good; Lord, you are lifting my eyes to the reality of your eternal love.
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Loving Allie has taught me so much about the love of God. He isn’t “technically” my father, but His actions prove otherwise.
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We can end the silence, and make it known that we stand against false love. We can ensure that in our churches, the weary and the abused can find God’s life-affirming grace, and can know God truly is love.
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If we aren’t careful, wonder can become a distraction. It can trap us in an endless cycle of ‘what ifs’ and perhaps impossible scenarios that can hurt us.
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Meditate on God’s preparation for your current season. I believe you will see His hand sweetly guiding you over the past few years, equipping you for where you are now.
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Childhood. It can be magic, and it is my belief that reconnecting with those imaginative parts of ourselves is what will bring us closer to the people Jesus intended us to be.
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Children have the ability to see a wild flower while adults see a weed. Children see the world as their stage and at some point in our life we start to shrink back.
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