Being a Christ follower means being acquainted with sorrow. We must know sorrow to be able to fully appreciate joy. Joy costs pain, but the pain is worth it. After all, the murder had to take place before the resurrection.

When I imagine God creating each one of us and planting a purpose deep in our hearts, I never imagine that purpose being mediocrity.

Thankfully, God's plans do not seem to be affected much by my own.

Thankfully, God's plans also happen to be much better than my own.

Jesus wrecked my life, shattered it to pieces, and put it back together more beautifully.

Jesus called His followers to be a lot of things, but I have yet to find where He warned us to be safe.

Love is the reason I just keep filling up my little eyedropper, keep filling it up and emptying my ocean one drop at a time. I’m not here to eliminate poverty, to eradicate disease, to put a stop to people abandoning babies. I’m just here to love.