There is a certain freedom that comes when we cover our thoughts in gratitude. The knots of discontentment unravel, the ache of disappointment is given perspective, and the long roads of waiting become sprinkled with reminders of what is already good…
Read MoreWhen you realize that your voice and your story have true power and meaning, the nagging voices of insecurity telling you who you should be in the world suddenly lose their power. Being truly yourself requires truly knowing yourself…
Read MoreI'll never know the answers to a lot of extremely difficult and confusing things in my earthly life. It's something that can be unsettling, even causing justifiable doubt or seasons of questioning. But what I can't deny is my story…
Read MoreComparison has always been a thing. A nasty one at that. We are all aware of it, and yet most the time we can’t turn away from it. Sometimes we even choose to lean into it, and depending on our varying stages of life we are impacted in different ways around every turn…
Read MoreRedemption simply cannot be rushed. We, people in process, cannot rush ourselves past the process of growing and planting and rebuilding from the ashes. We also cannot cover up and bury our questions and confusion, forcing ourselves to move ahead.
Read MoreThe Lord seemed to say, you cannot carry these things into your new year with me. And so I was ready to lay some things to rest so that I might have a new perspective and unhindered start to my new year. But it all came to a screeching halt…
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