A virtual photo album from the happiest day ever.

Three biblical truths that have breathed hope and peace into my heart in hard times—I pray they will do the same for you.

If Scripture is any indication, the very areas of our lives we feel forgotten by God in, are the very parts of our story He is going to use the most significantly in His.

God doesn’t promise to work good out of not-good situations because He owes it to us, He promises to work good out of not-good situations because it’s who He is.

I think God sometimes gives us tastes of His goodness in giving us tastes of the Promise but then allows circumstances to obstruct it from view to see if we’re going to rely on what we can SEE, or rely on remembering who He has shown Himself to BE.

God is ALWAYS faithful to His promise, but He first has to prepare US to possess the promise.  Otherwise, what was meant to be a good gift that blesses us will end up becoming a burden that destroys us.

Rather than allowing fear and uncertainty to drive us to say, “But God?”, obedience allows us to look fear and uncertainty in the face and say “But, God.”

If our heart’s desire is to see with 20/20 vision, God—for who He truly is rather than for who we allow our circumstances to distort Him into, could it be—that gratitude, is the lens that ensures we do?

You were so sure it was going to happen.  Little things kept confirming it and you just felt it in your bones.  All signs pointed to it being right.  When you prayed about it you felt peace, and even though you asked God to make it clear if the thought wasn’t from Him, it persisted.  But now, it didn’t happen and you’re disappointed.  And confused.  If it’s not going to happen…why did I feel like God was telling me it was?

We can’t control the timing of the seasons of life we’re in.  What we can control is who we allow the seasons we’re in to turn US into.  And it’s our approach to the seasons we’d rather not be in especially that does a good deal to determine the types of people we’ll become.

What a dreamlike day in Iceland showed me about the certain hope—and responsibility—we have as followers of Jesus.

What I learned about waiting from Iceland's hidden wonders.

We’re told we all have them, and we’re told to use them—but how can we use them if we don’t even know what they are?

We all want to know our purpose.  We yearn to know that our lives count for something, and we long to discover just what that something is.  The question is how.  How do you know what your calling is?

Jesus doesn’t withhold His love until we make a change.  He loves us where we are, and His love itself provokes in us change.

Zooming out beyond the borders of those pretty little squares to share what goes into my time with God.

Beauty comes when we’re brave enough to enter in and feel our longings fully, allowing them to press us into the heart of our one true Hope.

Have you ever looked at someone who is completely on fire for God, and wondered how they sustain such fervor?  One thing is certain—fire and fervor don't happen by accident, and neither does fruit.  These are always cultivated by practices, through the intentionality of those who bear them.

I find safety in “supposed to”—with a script to stick to, there’s less chance I’ll say or do the wrong thing.  But maybe what I'm "supposed to" do isn't actually what I'm supposed to do.