Some days you are going to mess up. Big time. To the point that you won’t be able to look at yourself in the mirror. To the point that you’ll be walking around with a cloud of disappointment over your head. To the point that you will wonder if you’ll ever be able to forgive […] Read more…
These last few months have been a bit of a rollercoaster for me emotionally, mentally, and spiritually because of one simple prayer. A prayer I don’t know why I continually repeat. A prayer that is constantly on my heart. “Break my heart for what breaks Yours”. And God has answered that prayer, because heartbroken I […] Read more…
We live in a culture that is obsessed with self. Just look at the magazine covers as you stand in a grocery line. Scan through your instagram or facebook feed. Watch an episode of a reality tv show. And you’ll hear what everyone is trying to say. Maybe not verbally, but still very clearly. “It’s […] Read more…
It’s funny how you can be excited about the new car that you just bought…until you look at your neighbor’s driveway and see that his is better. It’s funny how you can be grateful for the job that you have…until you talk to your neighbor about his job and see that his pay is better. […] Read more…
We live in a world of “here and now” and sometimes we forget that there is a bigger picture. A greater purpose. A specific reason for every single beat of our heart. We focus so much on the external, temporary things of life and get caught up in worldly pursuits that we forget the reason […] Read more…
We live in a fast-paced world. A world that thrives on getting things done as quick as possible. We run around from one activity to another. Fill our planners with things to do until there is no time left in our day. Keep ourselves on a constant treadmill without taking any time to get off […] Read more…
“Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” …and there goes one of the most popular and well-known lies of all time. The truth is no matter how much we pretend that words don’t hurt, no matter how hard we try to forget words that people spoke against us, no […] Read more…
Ugly. Not talented. Alone. Useless. Fat. Hopeless. Unwanted. Dumb. Not good enough. These are just a few of many labels that people are given. Labels the world gives them, labels people give them, and sadly…labels that they often give themselves. I’m sure one point in life we’ve all felt inadequate, unwanted, or just not good […] Read more…
They saw an adulterer who deserved to be punished for her shameful misconduct. He saw a woman who needed to be loved and cared for like a fragile child. {John 8:1-11} They saw a blind, rambling man that needed to be shut down and ignored. He saw a man who was desperately in need of […] Read more…
Half a year ago I was sitting in my room grading some worksheets we had given our teens from church as homework and I came across one of my girl’s papers on which I read something that made me put everything down and just stop and think. I don’t know what question it was responding to but […] Read more…