No matter who you are, stand tall in the knowledge that God uniquely crafted you. Stop trying to be what you aren’t and fully become who you are: God’s creation, made to fully reflect His glory. Live up to His ideal for you instead of comparing yourself to someone else’s image of beauty. You weren’t […]

Today is your second chance. Whatever mistakes you made yesterday, whatever regrets you have, whatever shortcomings you’ve shown, they all disappear in the morning light because of God’s tender mercy and the forgiveness Jesus bought for you. Turn away from yesterday and toward today, releasing the past to Jesus so you can be truly free […]

It’s painful when hope dies, no matter what sort of hope you cling to. And I question and wonder, all along knowing He’s okay with me questioning and wondering. No matter what, I still trust because His track record with me is one of unflagging faithfulness. He always has my best in mind. The truth […]

When you’re grounded without the ability to fly, you scurry around trying to fix your wings and control the flight conditions. You’re sitting in despair, wondering how things got to be this way. Did you miss the warning signs? Did you go off course and ignore God’s leading? You beat yourself up for the decisions […]

Want to try a different sort of resolution for 2018? You may have read a daily devotional in the past: something like Daily Guideposts or maybe Jesus Calling. They’re books that lead you through an entire year’s worth of readings devoted to spending time with God or learning about the Bible. Would you please join […]

So often, you see the end results of someone’s victorious triumph and forget all the tumbles that preceded the glory. You celebrate a birth with hardly a second thought to the months spent waiting in expectation. You celebrate a child’s first steps while crawling memories fade to the background. You attend a graduation and forget […]

The wind is blowing fiercely outside my door. Every gust rattles me and I am scared. My mind drifts to all my past preparations: did I build a foundation firm enough to withstand an attack? Did I fail to prepare wisely? How did I squander my resources? All my attention goes to my flaws and […]

Cease your constant striving. Quit chasing the expectations others have of you – and the ones you have for yourself. Embrace your beautiful imperfections instead of trying to tidy up and hide them. There is freedom when you humble your perfectionism and let go of performing. Halt the hustle to be bigger, bolder, brighter and […]

The human heart wants a place to belong. We want to know we matter to someone and our lives are more than a breath on the wind. Our hearts desperately ache to be needed, but God doesn’t need us to fulfill His desires. He doesn’t need you to be His; the magical, merciful mystery of it […]

Letting others love you doesn’t mean you’re weak. It means you are loving! How many times have you seen someone in need and wanted to care for them? It’s something that beats in your chest and stirs your soul. Why would you deny someone else that ability to love, just because you are now the […]