Simple Truths | Really loved

Sometimes we need to be reminded of simple truths. As I drove around running errands earlier today, the song, “Who Am I” by needtobreathe came on. The song is catchy and profound, a rare combination! One line captured my attention for the rest of my drive, and I began to use it as an affirmation….

Give me rest

“O Lord… You know me more deeply and fully than I know myself. You love me with a greater love than I can love myself. You even offer me more than I can desire… Take my tired body, my confused mind, and my restless soul into your arms and give me rest, simple quiet rest.”…

Conqueror

Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. // Romans 8:35,37 CSB Say allowed, “I am more than a conqueror.” Now say it three more…

Agape chapter – Agape Part 2

Over the next five posts, we will continue to digest 1 Corinthians 13. There is so much in this chapter that we will only grace the surface of, but hopefully we will dig enough to entice you to read it with fresh eyes and help you go deeper on your own. We find love, agape…

REVISIT // Human love

It has been a true blessing to write this blog over the last 19 months. I started it out of the outpouring of God’s redemptive love and leading. I continue it as I find power in the written word. In the sharing of stories and experience, moments in life that seem to not have value…

Stronger

‘Girl & Bear’ illustration by Katy Pillinger Designs ©️2018

Known

Even on the worst days brought on by our own anxieties, stress & overwhelmed hearts… God still loves us! He knows us beyond our emotions & our cares! He sees us as the version that He created and ultimately desires us to be. These muddled days do not last & we must not allow them…

I got it wrong

So for the last couple years, I have been using this catchy phrase as a framework for what I put out into the social media world, and my life. Live love and you will live loved. It is a lovely sentiment and quite motivating. But as I updated some of my profiles, I stared at…

You are, I am

You are moving You are removing I am still I am waiting You are teaching You are stretching I am learning I am leaning in You are admonishing You are correcting I am convicted I am calibrating You are tender You are Emmanuel I am malleable I am seeking You are Love You are Almighty…

You are known

You are worthy. You are enough. God knows every bit of you… The deeply hidden, The sleeve-worn. The unrefined, The mature. The quirks, The common. The ugly, The beautiful. The pain, The joy. The unlovable, The lovely. The awkward girl on the sideline, The lady boss. And with all of that knowledge and understanding, God…

Human love

Soooo much to unpack in this beautiful quote from the renowned C.S. Lewis. I will only tap the surface…and maybe even come back to it in future posts. Many may see this as a negative statement, but I do not. I find this to be a refreshing and essential reality of our human existence. Every…