“The only way a heart can ever be unafraid and untroubled is for it to be undivided. Why beg God to divide seas for me if my heart for Him is divided? . . . Why do I expect God to make a way if I’m often going my own way? – Ann Voskamp “You […]
“Turns out you can only find the way through when you look both back and forward — and believe that no matter what direction you’re looking, nobody gets to bypass the hard roads, that this handful of five tried-and-true words are you most honest compass: ‘ And it came to pass.’ “- Ann Voskamp “Fully […]
“I can’t wait for others to bring me peace. I need to make the decision to bring an atmosphere of peace, shalom, into every situation I’m placed in. Yes, this is hard. And yes, I still find myself resistant to it. But this is good for me. This peace isn’t conjured up by us; it […]
“God sings a louder song than suffering ever could, a song of resurrection, renewal , restoration, and re-creation.”- Aubrey Sampson “The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud […]
“Swing . . . [is] never fully under our control. When it comes, it comes as a gift. . . . The biblical term for ‘swing’ is shalom.”- John Ortberg John Ortberg continues Chapter 13 of I’d Like You More . . . as he talks about the rowing term “swing.” Pastor Ortberg notes it’s […]