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I Choose Today to Keep Walking

Perseverance Series — Part 1 There are seasons in life when perseverance becomes very real. Not theoretical. Not abstract. But deeply personal. Seasons where faithfulness looks like simply showing up… one more day. Lately, I’ve found myself in one of those seasons. I haven’t sensed a clear direction yet for what’s next, but I do know this, sometimes faithfulness looks like taking the next step while we wait for clarity. So over the next few episodes, we’re going to talk about perseverance… not as striving harder, but as staying anchored in Christ while we wait. Because perseverance doesn’t always look dramatic. Sometimes perseverance looks quiet. Sometimes perseverance looks like getting up one more day. Sometimes perseverance looks like continuing to trust God… even when you don’t see what He’s doing. And I think we all find ourselves in those seasons at times. Where we’re not in crisis… But we’re also not in clarity. Where we’re walking… But we don’t know exactly where the path is leading. And it’s in those moments that perseverance becomes less about pushing harder… and more about staying faithful. Scripture reminds us not to grow weary in doing good, because in time, we will reap a

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I Choose Today to Trust the Power of the In-Between

I shared this reflection last year on Holy Saturday, and as we approach Easter again, I felt led to share it once more. The power of the in-between is something we all walk through, and this reminder feels just as needed today. As believers, when it comes to Easter, we focus on Good Friday, when Jesus died for the sins of the world, and Easter Sunday, when He rose from the grave to defeat death once and for all. Both of these days deserve every ounce of our awe and celebration. They are the visible markers of love and victory—the cross where the price was paid and the empty tomb where death was disarmed. But what about the day in-between? What about Saturday? That ordinary, quiet, grief-stricken day between the heartbreak and the miracle. The day when heaven seemed silent and hope felt buried. The day most of us skip over… but shouldn’t. Because even though it looked like nothing was happening, everything was already in motion. Scripture gives us a glimpse behind the veil: “He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. After being made alive, He went and made proclamation to the

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I Choose Today to Walk in Humble Discernment

I am a deep diver. When something captures my interest, I want to understand it fully. I want context, layers, background, motive, meaning. The more I learn, the more I want to learn. That is especially true when it comes to Scripture. The more I discover about God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, the more I realize how much more there is to know. And yet Scripture reminds us: “For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.” — 1 Corinthians 13:9–10 We know in part. Not in full. Not completely. Just… in part. Recently, I began thinking about how true that is of people as well. The other night my husband and I were talking about a public story involving someone who confessed to an affair during a live interview, which is how his wife found out. My immediate response was, “Your sin will find you out.” That phrase comes from Numbers 32:23, and Scripture certainly shows us that sin has a way of surfacing. David’s life is proof of that. We know the headlines: his affair with Bathsheba. The arranged death of Uriah. The attempt to conceal

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I Choose Today to Trust the Great I AM

There is a verse in the Bible that used to confuse me a little. It’s found in Exodus 3:14. God had just met Moses in the desert through a burning bush that was not consumed. He was sending Moses to Egypt to rescue the Israelites from oppression and slavery. But Moses wasn’t convinced he was the right person. So he asked God in verse 13, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ Then what shall I tell them?” God’s answer is powerful: “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” What does I AM mean? It means God is the One who always was, always is, and always will be. He is self-existing. Unchanging. Not dependent on anyone. Not limited. Not bound by time or circumstance. He simply IS. And because He is the eternal, self-sufficient God, it means something beautiful for us… He is everything His people need. He is healer. He is rescuer. He is provider. He is strength. He is sustainer. He

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I Choose Today to Speak Life

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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