One Step to Take To Get Your Life Back In one phone call our world shifted and our plans changed in an instant. We had envisioned our lives retiring in Honduras. No longer do we have a plan for our life. There was no Plan B for us. We walked away from a predictable future and are walking a road we didn’t want. This is not what we signed up for. We wanted to live in Honduras. We wanted to…
What Does “Tender-Hearted” Mean? *This article can be found here on Crosswalk in its entirety. Christians can sometimes have the tendency to be “hard” hearted. The other day I was scrolling through social media and realized I had just read three very devastating news articles in row. My heart wasn’t even moved a bit. I didn’t feel sorry for those people. There was no emotional response. This isn’t how Christians are to respond to sad news. Instead, Paul says we…
Let’s Shift the Grief Our plans will fail. That’s a fact of life, and a painful one. The shift to understanding why plans failed, and then accepting those changes, finally happened for me when I realized it wasn’t about my plans at all. Life isn’t about how well I plan, but about God’s plan, which reveals his purpose, presence, and promises. My plans will always be shifting and changing, but God’s plans are not written in pencil. Psalm 119:89 says,…
3 Things to Do if Life is Sad Everyone is Grieving Friend, maybe Christmas is sad for you and you don’t even realize it. The holiday seasons are filled with joy, but sometimes underneath it all we end up grieving some very hard things. A few weeks ago I wrote something as a comment on Instagram and suddenly I realized the depths and truth I had just typed. What was meant to encourage someone else were actually the words I…