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

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

A broken person understands she needs rescue, and she depends on God to resurrect and deliver. And she also understands that even if God chooses not to deliver, His ways are higher and more amazing then what we can fathom.

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

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

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