Jesus often calls us to risk. He asks us to be vulnerable, to be authentic, so others can see Him in and through us.

When we think of other people as our center and fulfillment, we live frustrated lives.

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

When the world careens out of control, we can rest in the fact that God spun this world with a simple word. Matter from emptiness. Beauty from void. Community from chaos.

We cannot let the haters of this world define us. Or frighten us into no longer being ourselves.

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.

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.