The Sacredness of Ordinary Moments
You might be waiting for the big moments. The milestones. The days that feel significant. And in the waiting, it's easy to miss the sacredness of right now. The ordinary Tuesday. The quiet morning. The small conversation that won't be remembered tomorrow. But God is in the ordinary. "This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." (Psalm 118:24, NIV) I used to think that God showed up in the extraordinary. In the big prayers answered, the dramatic moments, the times when everything felt significant. But I'm learning that He's just as present...
The Freedom in Enough
There's always more you could be doing. More you could be learning. More you could be achieving. The world will never stop telling you that what you have is not enough, that who you are is not enough, that you need to keep reaching for more. But what if you're already enough? "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." (2 Corinthians 12:9, NIV) I struggle with this. With the feeling that I should be doing more, being more, accomplishing more. But this verse keeps pulling me back to the truth that God's power...
When the Answer Is Wait
You've been praying. You've been asking. You've been believing that God hears you and that He will answer. And still, nothing has changed. The door has not opened. The clarity has not come. The answer is still wait. And waiting feels like nothing. "Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord." (Psalm 27:14, NIV) I wish I could tell you that waiting gets easier. That there's a trick to it or a way to make it feel less heavy. But what I've learned is that waiting is just hard. And sometimes the only thing...
The Practice of Staying
There's a kind of faithfulness that doesn't look like progress. It looks like staying. Staying in the hard conversation. Staying in the season that feels too long. Staying when everything in you wants to run or quit or start over somewhere else. Staying is its own kind of obedience. "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." (Galatians 6:9, NIV) I don't know what you're being asked to stay in right now. I don't know if it's a relationship, a season, a calling, or...
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