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…
How to Find God’s Presence, When We Don’t Feel It Immanuel God with us….it is a common phrase during the Christmas season, but where do we get this phrase, and how can it be comforting? Is God’s presence really good? Even when we don’t feel it? The phrase “God with us” actually comes from Matthew 1:18-25 when the angel speaks to Joseph in a dream. Imagine. Joseph is a man of God, who desires to do what is right, but…
5 Ways God Never Changes As we move into the fall I wanted to share with you some things in my heart. It seems as we all walk out of this quarantine and enter this new COVID life we might have found ourselves changed. Do you feel like you’ve changed? I don’t mean in drastic ways, like pink hair or with a brand new lifestyle. I mean, do you feel you’ve had a shift in your heart? I know I…