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Sometimes worry creeps into our prayers. Things seem a bit quiet on God’s end, and we start to wonder, “Does God actually hear me?” And our kids wonder the same.
Nothing wonderful happens in our lives without wonder. Wonder makes this a wonderful life. Wonder nurtures wisdom.
Her words took me back to a time of deep-seeded insecurity: a time when all I cared about was how I looked and how others perceived me.
With the perspective of time, I can see how God has expanded my vision, stretched my faith, and said no to some of my longings so as to make room for His.
What I’ve discovered, is that there is a mystery, an unexplainable beauty and a linear story that accompanies our creative gifts when we (with open hands) offer them back to God.
His native tongue is Scripture, but God also speaks through doors and desires and dreams, as well as people and problems and even pain.
Creation itself speaks of God not only being present, but present in all of the intricate details of life.
I resolve not to lift my eyes to the expectations of others—perceived or real.
What we need, and what our kids need, is the truth that our current reality is not our final reality.
We saw that we had the responsibility to minister to these children with the truth that could also set them and even their families free.
The day everything came to a head was my first experience holding a weeping abuse victim. She was in her thirties; I was nine.
You don’t have to continue to live stretched too thin — exhausted, stressed, frustrated, and drained.
Jesus was radically pro-underdog. He was and is the greatest shouter of worth.
I screamed at the heavens, demanding a different answer, a second chance, to go back, to do it over, do it better, but instead I began living a life I didn’t choose.
Even your biggest failures and shortcomings can be used by God
