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I Choose Today to Wait with Purpose

Molinda Hern January 20, 2026

How does one wait well? Waiting with purpose is a healthy way to approach our waiting, but that’s often easier said than done. Scripture is full of people who had to wait: Abraham waited until he was 100 to see God’s promise fulfilled. Joseph waited over a decade as a slave and prisoner before stepping into his God-given destiny. The Israelites wandered for 40 years before entering the Promised Land. And God’s people waited for generations for the greatest promise of all, the coming of Jesus, the Messiah. Waiting is not unique to us in our time; it has always been part of God’s story with His people. What matters is not just that we wait, but how we wait. As Charles Spurgeon reminds us, “If the Lord Jehovah makes us wait, let us do so with our whole hearts; for blessed are all they that wait for Him. He is worth waiting for. The waiting itself is beneficial to us: it tries faith, exercises patience, trains submission, and endears the blessing when it comes. The Lord’s people have always been a waiting people.” So we wait with confidence, assurance, and boldness, trusting that the Lord is guiding us through

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I Choose Today to Begin Receiving Who I Am in Christ

Molinda Hern January 17, 2026

As we step into a new year, I’ve been thinking a lot about identity. We live in a culture that constantly tells us we need to figure out who we are, to build it, brand it, defend it, and prove it. We’re encouraged to craft our identity like a sculpture, shaping ourselves into something impressive, acceptable, or admired. If I’m honest, that feels exhausting. Especially if, at some point in your life, you were told, either with words or with silence, that you weren’t really worth much to begin with. Over time, I’ve come to realize something important: identity in Christ isn’t actually hard to understand. What’s hard is receiving it. That’s what I want to sit with here. Not who you should be. Not who you’re trying to become. But how we begin receiving who God already says we are, in Christ. Scripture makes it clear that our identity flows from what Jesus has done, not what we manage to do right. Because of His life, death, and resurrection, we are forgiven, redeemed, reconciled, chosen, and loved. Not because we earned it. Not because we achieved it. Simply because God chose us and made a way for us to

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I Choose Today to Eat from the Tree of Life

Molinda Hern January 13, 2026

In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve were met with a choice. They could eat from the Tree of Life or from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. They chose the latter, and in that choice, sin entered the world. At its core, the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil represented something more than forbidden fruit. It was the decision to take authority into their own hands, to define good and evil for themselves, apart from God. Scripture tells us that choice leads to death. That same choice still exists today. We may not stand in a garden with two literal trees before us, but every day we are faced with the same decision: Will we choose the world, doing what is right in our own eyes, or will we choose Jesus? The world reflects the same invitation as the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. It tells us to trust our instincts, follow our feelings, define truth for ourselves, and take control. But Scripture is clear, when we live from that place, it ultimately leads to brokenness, separation, and spiritual death. The Tree of Life, however, points us to Jesus. Jesus

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I Choose Today to Reflect the Heart of Jesus This Christmas

Molinda Hern December 27, 2025

As I think about the true meaning of Christmas, I’m always struck by how the Savior of the world came to us. Not with power on display. Not with wealth or grandeur. But as a helpless baby. Jesus, fully God, entered the world through humility. He wasn’t born in a palace, but in a stable. Not laid in a cradle, but in a feeding trough. Surrounded not by royalty, but by animals and shepherds, the lowly, the overlooked, the ordinary. From the very beginning, Jesus showed us the heart of God. And that pattern didn’t stop at His birth. Throughout His life, Jesus continued to draw near to the broken, the weary, and the forgotten. He walked with gentleness. He spoke with kindness. He lived with humility. And He consistently called people, not to division, but to unity. On the night before His crucifixion, Jesus prayed for us. In John 17, He asked the Father that all who follow Him would be one, just as He and the Father are one. Paul echoes this same heart in his letter to the Ephesians. He reminds believers that unity is preserved through humility, gentleness, patience, and love, and that peace is something

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I Choose Today to Speak Life

Molinda Hern December 20, 2025

Words carry weight. They shape atmospheres, build hearts, and plant seeds that grow long after the conversation ends. And if we’re honest, most of us know what it feels like to long for a life-giving word… and not hear one. When I was a kid, I can remember wanting someone to notice me. Just one kind word. One sentence of encouragement. One moment of being seen. I can still feel that ache, that yearning for someone to speak life into me. And when it didn’t come, it made me feel invisible. Alone. Like my voice or my presence didn’t matter. And maybe you’ve had a season like that too, where affirmation was scarce, and silence spoke louder than kindness. When I became a believer, one of the biggest adjustments was learning how to receive encouragement. To let myself be seen. It still catches me off guard sometimes, because it touches the part of me that remembers what it felt like to go without it. But maybe that’s why this matters so much to me now. Because I don’t ever want my words to wound or disappear into silence. I want my words to flow from the throne of grace,  life-giving,

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