When God Seems Distant and Shame Seems So Close
At the cross, Jesus took upon Himself every shameful and embarrassing thing we’ve ever done.
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At the cross, Jesus took upon Himself every shameful and embarrassing thing we’ve ever done.
Thankfully, Jesus is not bound by our broken ways of doing life and He offers a holy invitation freely extended to us whether we’re striving or hiding.
Celebrity has platforms to grow brands, Christianity has altars to come and die.
I think that’s how you and I change—not by trying harder to become something better but by being blessed with a vision of who we are designed to be.
In these strange days: There is more than believing in God. There is enjoying living in God.
Today’s world is full of the same injustice, depravity, conflict, suffering, and hopelessness as the world was in 1815. And yet, the gospel is still just as powerful to transfigure the lives of sinners.
In the hardest storms the way to be Resilient is to: Lament, Repent & Reorient.
I felt betrayed by the One who was supposed to love me most. Pierced by the One who was supposed to protect my heart.
It doesn’t matter exactly what my day looks like, but it does matter that I am where God has called me.
If I wanted Him, then I wanted what He had for me. What He had for me was this marriage. This impossible marriage.
I repeated the words of sorrow from Scripture until they became my vocabulary.
To be raw honest, I have fallen deeper than I have ever known. Honestly, I didn’t expect it to go quite like this. But we just have breathed through all of…
Maybe hard things just keep calling you because you’re meant to answer to higher and better things.
When you don’t know what to do, Hope is always what you do.