When my heart is muddied by busyness, I’m far from my best self—overworked, overtired, and stretched too thin. I become someone who is quicker to take offense, slower to extend grace, and less inclined to reflect the patience and love of Christ.
When I think about the way she hurt me, I immediately start to compare. I compare what I have done or would have done that she failed to do in our relationship. I reflect on the fact that I’m most probably moving on from this friendship, and that there might be better ones in store […]
When you read God’s word, you will notice that God refers to us as His bride on several occasions. From the beginning of time, God has set out for us to be in a covenant with Him, where we are pursued by Him as our Bridegroom, and we pursue Him as His Bride. He says […]
Sometimes, we face seasons that make us feel miserable and discouraged. We experience seasons where we don’t know if God is in the process of grooming us, or whether He has left us. Seasons where the challenges seem impossible and unreal. It is in these difficult seasons in which God grooms, stretches and molds us. […]
All throughout scripture God refers to Himself as a good Father, but for the majority of my life I pictured Him as everything but that. It was easier to characterize Him as a father who punishes and exhorts anger. It was easier to think of Him as someone who would allow me to suffer horribly […]