God's heart…is not that we escape our lot, but that we learn to thrive in the midst of it.

I understand true life doesn't happen when I constantly gaze backwards, mulling over all the injustices others have done or I have done to others.

Pain can either thrust me into the arms of Jesus or make me turn my back on Him. Either way, it's a choice.

Worry is a weighty monster with poisoned tentacles. It clutches at us, grabs at our minds, steals our breath, our will. It lurks. It pounces. It colors how we perceive the world.

We may not understand the pathways God lays out before us. We may not even like walking the journey. But even in failure, we can trust that He’ll do more than we expect.

The roadblocks to growth and joy come when we forget the bigness of God & instead make people bigger than He is.

We grow when the walls press in. We grow when life steals our control. We grow in the darkness.