I don’t know about y’all, but when my heart feels overwhelmed with worry or stress, I am quicker to sigh than I am to pray. I love this Psalm, because it reminds me that it is normal for us to feel overwhelmed and overcome by our circumstances. In the beginning of this Psalm, David is in a desperate state. He is begging God for mercy, for relief from the pain he’s in. Verse 9 is in the middle…

I love how conversational many of the Psalms are. They always feel like an invitation to me, an invitation to lean into the arms of God and come as I am. Grateful that because of God’s great love and mercy, we can come with all of our weakness, all of our mistakes…

I love this verse because this declaration of God’s unfailing love and full redemption follows the rest of the Psalm, which is crying out for God to listen and to forgive. I’m so grateful that because of Jesus and His love for us displayed on the cross, we can freely…

How many of y’all want some perfect peace in your life? I know I do. So many days my mind and heart are riddled with worry. Worry comes whispering, and fear and doubt and stress follow. I love this promise of peace, mainly because I have known it to be true. When I shift my focus from the problems in my life to the Promise Keeper, there is something that shifts…

I love this verse because I love that God knows it’s good for our hearts to sing. We don’t have to actually hum a tune, but we can make music every day by giving thanks in our hearts in every moment. Whatever this new year may hold for each of us, it seems that a beautiful way forward is gratitude…

I love this time of year. All the parties and the family gatherings. I am a 7 on the Enneagram and genuinely love all the social things that accompany this season. In the same breath, I know that this season can feel really hard and really lonely for people. Maybe this Christmas marks another year without someone you love…

Hey y’all! Happy Christmas-ing. I love this time of year. I really do. People think about giving more often than not, and we just wrapped an online auction that we did to support the work of IJM and raised 106,000!! I was undone. ⁣
⁣In the same breath, this is the time of year when you run into people you know and ask how they are, they say things like, “Crazy busy!” and “You know... this time of the year! We’re slammed.” It’s surely crammed with good things. Christmas and office parties…

What beautiful news for us! The kingdom of heaven has come near. What exactly does this even mean? If you follow the life of Christ, you can trace the meaning. God didn’t stand at a distance while we made an absolute wreck of the earth and our lives. He wrapped Himself in flesh and entered into our mess. Jesus healed the sick, walked in grace and in truth and in obedience to the Father. He suffered…