on the Christian life
This world is broken and filled with pain. You know this. But sometimes circumstances – yours, or other people’s – bring this truth to mind all too sharply.
Yet God is good. And because of Jesus, you can choose to see the good.… Read more
When it feels like you’ve lost a part of yourself, like there are huge gaping holes inside your heart… That’s when you actually have room for God to fill you up.
So let Him.
(A reminder from 2014)
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True love desires commitment. True commitment begs exclusivity. And true exclusivity is costly.
Don’t allow yourself to go for bargain basement price. And don’t buy cheap stock. Expect to get and be willing to pay for the cost of a real relationship.… Read more
A man once told me I don’t know real love. The irony is, when it was all over, he left bitter, unforgiving, and angry. I, on the other hand, harbour no ill feelings, am grateful for what was, and pray for him still.… Read more
A new favourite. A reminder of how God’s love changes us.
There is a kind of waiting where you have no idea when it will end, and how it will end. That’s probably one of the hardest times to get through. But it is also one of the best times to prepare yourself for what is to come.… Read more
You may not think it now, but in hindsight, you wouldn’t have it any other way. Because this moment is defining you in ways you never imagined.
Surrendering something to God places it in the best possible hands. To you, the future may be unknown, but it is not necessarily uncertain.… Read more
It hurts that much because you loved that much.
You chose to love, knowing full well that you can be hurt. But you loved, anyway. Because you believed in the possibility of something greater. And that – the belief, the hope, the possibility – shouldn’t die when the hurt sets in.… Read more