Because the culture we breathe and work in rushes against rest. It equates our worth with production and wealth and fame. The more we work toward those goals, the more society assigns us worth.

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

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

A hopeful book that moms will relish, Blue Like Playdough is an honest, peel-back-the-covers look at the creative way God shapes us through childhood and parenthood. Tricia Goyer explores her own weaknesses along the journey, revealing her desire to serve the God who forms strength and joy and perseverance within her. A compelling, fresh read.

Our task shouldn't be punishing the villains in our lives, but enlarging the God who heals us from all wounds.

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

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