The smaller you get-the smaller life makes you-the easier it is to see the grandeur of grace. While I am far more incapable than I may have initially thought, God is infinitely more capable than I ever hoped.

God is not interested in what you think you should be or feel. He is not interested in the narrative you construct for yourself, or that others construct for you. Rather, He is interested in you, the you who suffers, the you who inflicts suffering on others, the you who hides, the you who has bad days (and good ones). And He meets you where you are.

Grace is the most dangerous, expectation-wre cking, smile-creating, counterintuitiv e reality there is.

...this culture of mandatory happiness actually promotes dishonesty and more suffering.

Legalism says God will love us if we change. The gospel says God will change us because He loves us.

When God saved me, He gave me a thirst to learn and to read and to study. I thrived in college. I got a bachelor's degree in philosophy and then went to Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando.

God does everything through people who understand they're nothing. And God does nothing through those who think they're everything.