In order for your heart to be captured, it must first be available.
In the midst of weakness, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities, we are saved by grace -- the love and acceptance we did not deserve and could not earn.
We hate seeing our children fail. As a result, we leave them ill-prepared to deal with difficulty, instead of teaching them how adversity transforms into something beautiful in God’s hands.
Rather than seeing “do not be anxious about anything” as a command, let's see it as invitation from God to trust Him. Anxiety and fear thrive in darkness. As long as they are not expressed, they overwhelm us.
Experiencing the full life Jesus promises is impossible when we're fixated on our past. The mistakes we've made slow down our pursuit of God by diverting our attention from the future.
The light and the dark, the epic struggle we’ve seen depicted in stories since the beginning of time. God says that’s going on in our hearts, too. Which side will you sow into your life?
