God has marked you even though the enemy targets you. God set you apart, choosing you to be the place where He dwells. Do not betray or second-guess God’s selection, and stand firm against the enemy’s attacks. God will fight for you, if you let him. What the enemy means for targeting, God means for […]

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 […]

I wonder at all the things God could do through you if you could simply accept the person He made you to be. Every day, try a little more to open your heart and allow God to reveal the person He is still creating in you. Remembering that it’s a process can help you be […]

I spent the first part of my life not knowing I needed a Savior. I was self-reliant, independent, and strong enough to stand on my own feet. I never considered myself needy until loss demolished my life and I sensed my fragility for the first time. Over many years, God taught me how to depend […]

I assume my own heart is the one place where I am always safe and always innocent. Oh, but how I’ve found that to be the opposite sometimes! My heart is fickle and selfish. It will always choose self-preservation over future pain. It would rather strike out at others than admit vulnerability. Some days, my […]

What do you do when your best isn’t good enough? When your efforts make more of a mess than a solution? You want to withdraw and stop trying. You want to give up. If people don’t like the way you do things, then you’ll just stop doing them at all! Yet you know that reaction […]

There are some lessons you feel you’ve grown beyond. You believe you’ve mastered the message. But if that were true, then why do certain situations still trigger a response from you? When someone or something taps into your deep emotions, it’s a signal to pay attention. God will often keep sending that same kind of […]

Your mind writes stories based on what little facts you know. You predict what you think will happen when – truthfully – you have no idea because there’s no concrete evidence to support the worst case scenarios you’re convinced are coming your way. Instead of focusing on “what if,” you must look to “what is.” […]

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 […]