Two good friends sat across our living room, having just asked how they could pray for me. “I want to be a deeper person.” In typical external processing fashion, words…
spiritual growth
chronic pain: exchanging my brokenness for God’s wholeness
There is something about suffering. For those of you who read this not near me on a daily basis, a little context: for 2+ years, I experienced constant pain in…
releasing more of me to receive more of God
I need a daily intervention for this reality: choosing Jesus means you live entirely for Someone else. Choosing Jesus changes the game from “you’re the best, you can do this!”…
a godly woman’s strength is hope in her God
The deepest root of a Christian woman is hope in God, and it yields this strong tree of fearlessness in the face of suffering. Do you remember my favorite verse…
the practice of internal wonder
Internal stillness takes practice. It is the fruit of hiddenness — a life that’s lived looking at God, a life of wonder in Him — and it needs to be…
trusting God to be God
Do you ever wear a garment of worry over loved ones and their decisions? Have you ever found yourself carrying burdens of someone else’s life that aren’t yours to carry?…