You don’t always have to know where you’re going — when you know you’re going with God.
If you have the courage to stop running and decide that you are going to fight through the darkness and not give up until you reach the other side, you will discover God’s power and presence.
“I know He’s real. I’ve seen how He’s worked in my life.”
Giving up something for the love of Jesus —isn’t really giving up anything when He gave up everything for the ones He loves.
This is parenting that changes you … and changes your kid.
What we all want most, is someone to want us.
Repeatedly, we see in Scripture how Jesus spent time in solitude, silence, and prayer.
It’s always easier to see the blindspots of another culture, and another political position, and another’s heart, than it is our own.
Marriage isn’t about staying happy — marriage is about staying growing.
Isn’t this what often happens to us in real life? We deceive ourselves into thinking things aren’t that bad.
I’ve also learned that I am stronger than I think, that there are reserves of energy and endurance that I can access if I just decide not to give up.
They sell anti-aging cream to women like me. And Spanx. And glossy checkout line headliners that splay this shock that over 40-something women can still startlingly turn heads — as…
What if, collectively, Christians began again to love the world around us as we ourselves have been loved by Jesus?
Your God’s not absent, distant, impotent. Your God’s vigilant, infinite, omnipotent, and intimate.
Our calling is always to answer everything in the world with love.
