Close Enough?
Recently, I heard a pastor say something that I haven't been able to stop thinking about: "God does not have grandchildren." The statement caught me off guard because it sounds strange at first. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized how profoundly true it is. God is a Father, and fathers have children. No one inherits a relationship with Jesus through their family tree. No one enters the Kingdom because their parents loved God, their grandparents prayed faithfu
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Relentlessly pursued and Ridiculously Celebrated
When you are lost and it is your fault, you are relentlessly pursued. When you are found, you are ridiculously celebrated. I recently got the chance to hear Father Mike speak on his Parables tour. One thing he discussed was the Parable of the Lost Coin. If you haven't heard it, basically the story is about a woman who loses one of her ten valuable silver coins. Once she finds it, she is so overjoyed that she calls all of her friends and neighbors over to celebrate. The overal
Jun 43 min read
Did I Ever Really Live?
Recently, I watched a speech Harrison Ford gave, and if you know anything about me, I love Star Wars almost as much as I love Jesus. And one thing I’ve discovered about loving Jesus is that somehow, almost everything eventually points me back to Him. Ford said this: “What’s worse than getting to the end of your life realizing you haven’t fully lived it?” And honestly, that question hit me harder than I expected. Most people hear a quote like that and immediately think about a
May 202 min read
Strive to see the Father’s love for you.
We live in a world that constantly teaches us to measure ourselves. By beauty, by success, by attention, by whether or not we fit the standards placed in front of us. Everywhere we look, there is pressure to become “better,” prettier, more accomplished, more desirable. And if I’m honest, as a woman, I completely understand how easy it is to fall into that mindset. It becomes so natural to focus on outer appearance and criticize every flaw we think we see. Sometimes we become
May 153 min read
You Are Not Your Worst Mistake
Sometimes the hardest thing to accept isn’t that God forgives us, it’s that we’re allowed to live like we’ve been forgiven. We bring our past to Him. We confess it, pray through it, ask for mercy. We know what Scripture says. We know that Jesus paid for our sin. And yet, even after all of that, something in us still holds on. We replay the moment, revisit the decision, and carry the weight like it still belongs to us. It’s strange how we can believe in God’s grace and still s
May 93 min read
The soil of your soul is much more important than the soil of your circumstance.
What will you do in the dark? Will you sow the seeds you have? I have recently been reading this book called Slow Burn , and it is about the waiting seasons in our lives. One topic that I am trying to work on is all about the soil of your soul and how it is much more important than the soil of your circumstances. It’s easy to look around at our lives and focus on what isn’t ideal. Maybe the timing feels off, doors seem closed, or prayers feel like they’re echoing back unanswe
Apr 62 min read
You Are Too Wonderful to Shrink for Uncertainty.
Recently, I was talking with one of my best friends about faith and the quiet pressure people sometimes feel to adjust themselves in order to fit someone else’s expectations. We were reflecting on how easy it can be to slowly reshape parts of who we are so that we feel more acceptable to the people around us. Sometimes the pressure to shrink does not come loudly. It rarely announces itself. More often it appears quietly, in small hesitations. In moments where we feel the subt
Mar 253 min read
