The past few months have been full of hard days. More often than not my prayer has simply been, “Help me, Lord!” Maybe you have been in one of those hard seasons too? Maybe if feels like everything is falling apart? Maybe all the dreams and plans you had for your life seem to be […]
Overwhelmed
{ABIDE Day 2} Bring Burdens to Him
Welcome to day two of ABIDE, a five-step plan to start the new year intentionally. Yesterday, I shared the most important step we must take if we are serious about learning to abide in Christ: acknowledge Him first. A daily quiet time is vital to our spiritual growth and, honestly, there is no way to […]
I Can’t Do It All
Welcome to day 22 of STAND OUT: 7 traits of a counter cultural life. You can find all the posts indexed here. You know those days when you finally fall into bed and realize you were busy all day but you can’t really think of anything you actually accomplished? Yeah, me neither. {If only there was […]
A Reminder for the Days when Life Is Hard
Recently after yet another “lively discussion” with my girl, I sat on the couch and cried. Because life is hard. It just is. And I somehow convince myself that means I am doing something wrong. Because surely if I were doing it right, there wouldn’t be so much struggle and frustration. So there I sat […]
A Prayer for the Hard Days
Yesterday was a very emotional day for some people we dearly love. They are in the middle of a difficult and draining situation. It’s hard knowing they are hurting and feeling helpless to do anything. Last week, as we talked with them about what comes next, I was reminded how powerful hope is. I’ve leaned […]
Hope Will Come
Hope. Hope pushes to keep going when hopelessness pulls at us to stop. Hope glimmers softly when darkness weighs hard and heavy. Hope whispers peace when circumstances scream chaos. Hope. Wherever you are, whatever your situation, there is hope. Because in Christ we are more than conquerors {Romans 8:37} and in Him we have fullness of joy {Psalm […]