We don’t have to work at fear. Fear is natural. Fear comes easy. Fear is an all-you-can-eat buffet. Fear is like the bottomless fries at Red Robin - it’ll keep coming until you say enough is enough. Faith, on the other hand, takes work. Not in the earn your salvation or God’s love kind of … Continue reading Doing The Hard Work of Faith
Your Struggle Is Not a Sign Of Your Strength
If you’re struggling with something today - whether it’s depression, anxiety, illness, job loss, grief, addiction, body image, conflict, etc. it does not mean you’re weak, less-than, or not good enough. The fact that you get out of bed each day and face what you have to face is a sign of how strong you … Continue reading Your Struggle Is Not a Sign Of Your Strength
When You Think You Can’t Talk to God
When pain and suffering break through the front door of our lives, we often feel angry, disappointed, and confused by God. Those are totally normal feelings to have when confronted with the hard things in life. In those moments our natural tendency is to run from God and hold back what we're really thinking and … Continue reading When You Think You Can’t Talk to God
God’s Spirit IN You Is Greater Than Anything That Comes AT You
God’s Spirit IN you is greater than anything that comes AT you. No matter what you have to face today, your father in Heaven wants to face it with you. You don’t have to fight it or figure it out on your own. Reach out to him daily. Request his help. Release your burdens to … Continue reading God’s Spirit IN You Is Greater Than Anything That Comes AT You
Trusting God In Uncertain Times
I am directionally challenged, so I use my GPS often. My GPS doesn’t always take me to the same place in the same way. Sometimes there’s roadwork going on, more traffic than usually or bad weather conditions, so it’ll take me another route. I’ve learned over the years not to stress out about it. I’ve … Continue reading Trusting God In Uncertain Times
What Is Faith?
I’m talking to more people who are questioning their faith and wondering what it means to have faith in God when it seems like the world is falling apart. What I’ve been learning is my faith isn’t based on what happens with COVID or the capitol, but in what Christ did for me - and … Continue reading What Is Faith?