Category: Relationships

Freedom begins when you accept you won’t be accepted by everyone. Even Jesus—the perfect Son of God—was rejected. Trying to do what He didn’t is a recipe for disappointment. Stop chasing approval and start resting in the One who will never turn you away.

Loving your kids doesn’t mean shielding them from every storm. It means preparing them to stand strong in it. Trees that never face the wind collapse under their own weight. Protect less. Prepare more.

If you have to talk them into being with you, they’re not right for you. The right person won’t need a sales pitch—they’ll love the real you, not the ideal you. The wrong person makes you feel like something’s wrong; the right one celebrates what’s right. The right person is worth the wait. Don’t settle … Continue reading One Piece of Dating Advice That Took Me Years to Learn

Many of you reading this are experiencing some form of anxiety, depression, trauma, and grief. You’ve reached out to family, friends, churches, and counselors for support and some (or all) of them ended up adding to the heavy load that you were already caring. This may have caused you to give up on looking for … Continue reading Dealing with Mental Pain

Do you have a favorite shirt/outfit/sweater that you like? One of mine is a sweater I have in my office. Whenever I get cold, I put that sweater on. Likewise, what the Apostle Paul is saying in this verse is, to have unity in our community, we must put on love. How do we put … Continue reading Putting Love On In Our Relationships

It’s easy to make snap judgements about someone based on how they look, what they post social media, or what they say in the heat of the moment. But human beings are so much more complicated than that. Everyone has a story that goes way beyond what any one moment can cover. No one fits … Continue reading One Secret to Better Relationships