What's left, and what's true, once the plan you built your life around doesn't survive.
A year after writing about the formula that failed me, Jesus has been showing me that He doesn't work in formulas or boxes at all. On unlearning what weighed me down, and why joy and sorrow can live in the same believer.
Elijah asked God to let him die, and God's answer wasn't a rebuke. It was two warm meals and permission to rest. On my own lowest point this year, and what God's kindness actually looks like when you're too tired to keep going.
Recently, I heard a teaching by a guest pastor at my local church. He preached on the end of 2 Corinthians 11 and the first part of 2 Corinthians 12, where Paul talks about his hardships and boasting in his weaknesses. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the…
What do you do when you follow the formula and you don’t get the desired outcome?No matter what anyone says, there is no formula for life. True formulas are reliable. Follow them to the T, and you arrive at the intended outcome. But life is not like that. Life isn’t a simple math equation like…