Ever noticed that we love visiting ruins from the days of yore? You are not disqualified from the story God is writing. God takes even ruins and uses them for His glory. In our weakness, He is strong. In our brokenness, He is revealed as Healer.

When I allow worry to invade my thoughts, when I spin my wheels on the “What If’s” and the “What Now’s,” this gives me perspective: Worry is wasted energy. And who has the time to waste energy? Move through worry to prayer and action.

How did we get the Bible? When the books in the New Testament were initially penned, I wonder if the writers knew they were the Holy Spirit-inspired authors of holy Scripture. What story did your life write for those “reading” you yesterday?

There's a place for you at the table.

Are you feeling bombarded today? What would it look like to raise a flag of faith and fly it proudly?

What would you do if you knew you could not fail? If you knew that the God of the universe promises to never leave you or forsake you, if you were confident that you serve a powerful God who designs and ordains your days, if you were positive that He who calls you is faithful, and that He will also do it, what would you do?

If someone asked you to write three things that you ARE, what would you write?

As One who has neither beginning nor end, God is not bound by time. A God this big, this immeasurable, who exists outside of time itself, also exists outside of my comfort zone.

Have you ever wanted to have a different name than the one your parents gave you?

I walked by our refrigerator to see blue painter’s tape swathed around the entire thing. Words festooned the front, written in an anonymous yet recognizable hand: Leftovers are bad!