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Five and a half years ago, I landed in Israel for a 10-day trip full of mission and work and touring the Holy Land. I was super excited about those ten days, but I was also tired…and not just because I had been on an airplane for 14 hours. I was emotionally tired. I was mentally tired. And I was spiritually tired. I felt drained. And I was in desperate need for my cup to be refilled.
Read MoreTrusting God in the unknown can be one of the hardest parts about being a follower of Jesus. For some reason, even though we know we serve an all-knowing, all-powerful God, we find it difficult to trust Him when life doesn’t seem to be going the way we thought it would. We walk into a difficult or unforeseen season, and we immediately start questioning our Heavenly Father instead of choosing to trust Him.
Read MoreHave you ever been asking God to do something in your life, praying that He would work something out, but there seemed to be no apparent progress that anything was changing? Yeah, me too. It can become so frustrating and discouraging when you keep praying and praying and praying, and yet it seems like God is sitting still and stagnant.
Read MoreSurrender is a byproduct of trust. If you don’t trust that God’s plans are perfect and that He has your best interest in mind, then you’re going to keep your fists closed around your own plans and dreams. You’re not going to let go of what you think is good if you don’t think you’ll be getting something better in its place.
Read MoreI started writing down my prayers during the summer before my senior year of high school, and I’ve been keeping a prayer journal ever since. I’ve written down prayers about anything and everything: friends, family, boys, basketball, work, money, etc. If it was on my heart, I wrote it down. And now after over ten years of writing down my prayers, it has been the biggest blessing to be able to go back through these journals and read about how God was working in my heart and to see how He answered the prayers I wrote down.
Read MoreWhen the psalmist who wrote Psalm 126 said, “The Lord has done great things for us,” he was encouraging the Israelites to remember all the things the Lord had done for them in the past. He delivered them from Egypt. He brought them across the Red Sea. He led them across the Jordan River. He helped them bring down the walls of Jericho, and He gave them the Promised Land.
Read MoreMy all time favorite worship song is called “Goodness of God” by Jenn Johnson. I honestly can’t listen to the song without my eyes welling up with tears. The reason it’s my favorite song is because the lyrics are such an amazing reminder to remember God’s faithfulness throughout every season of my life.
Read MoreA couple of years back, I went to watch a few of the girls I coached in basketball play in their district championship soccer game. While I was there, I was talking to one of my player’s moms, and we got into a conversation about basketball tryouts from the year before. As it turns out, this player, who we’ll call Grace*, almost didn’t try out for basketball that year. We had heard from over 20 girls that they were interested in playing basketball before tryouts, so Grace was hesitant to try out because she wasn’t sure she would make the team.
Read MoreA month before my wedding day, I got to experience a really cool full circle moment. It was one of those moments I couldn’t help but smile and silently thank the Lord that His plan was better than mine and that He was in the details even when I couldn’t see how He was working and what He was doing.
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