Beauty in the Norm
Being a rebel can be a great thing — everything you do is different and unique — but in your insistence on doing the opposite of the norm, you can end up missing out on every bit of beauty in it.
Be a New Song
When in a crowd, don't sink to the lowest common denominator of old, blah music. Be a new song.
What’s in Your Future?
I’ve been around the Christian scene for quite a few years now, and then some. When it comes to messages about future dreams, they all amount to much the same thing: When you’re great— You’ll be on stage. You’ll have a ministry. You’ll be an international speaker. You’ll be a celebrated author. You’ll be recognized.There. [...]
Pray Without Ceasing
God asks us to pray without ceasing. So what does that mean to you? To me it means being IN him. It's like being at home. When I'm here, I'm talking to my husband and boy-man; I'm listening, I think this is what prayer without ceasing means. It's being so one with him that it's [...]
The Story of Your Life
When people ask you about the story of your life, are the markers in your story those of the super crappy times in your life or the highlights that propelled you forward? Because whichever markers you use will define you as a victim or a warrior. #chooseyourname
When Your Heart Is Heavy
What do you do when your heart is heavy? You go to the one whose burden is light. When you are grieving? To the one whose presence is complete. When you are angry? To the one whose peace goes beyond what the world can give. John 14:27 He really is enough. and it's from that [...]
When We Lose the Feeling of Hope
When we lose the feeling of hope and of the ability to have purpose, is it time to end the book? 1. Just because you can’t feel hope now doesn’t mean you never will. 2. Just because you don’t think you have a purpose now doesn’t mean you will never discover it. 3. Just because [...]
Obedience Is Not a Dirty Word
You can ask God for anything you want; you can dream; you can hope; you can believe he has your best life in mind, but the bottom line is that his plans are better and his dreams go higher than yours. So when you next talk to God and you totally trust the depths of [...]
Expectation Is the Worst
Of all the things that cripple people from being all they can be, expectation is the worst. Expectation is very different to hope, because it usually sets a standard to be attained that is nigh impossible to reach--one that says that you must the brightest, the best, the shiniest at that thing you want to [...]
Obedience and Happiness
I've been thinking a lot these days about obedience and how big of a part it plays in our relationship with God. In recent years, there has been what seems to be a downplay of the word, of the acts that imply mute submission to a supreme God when the reality of his love and [...]