I cannot satisfy my fiancé. That’s a pretty tough thing to realize. At the beginning of our relationship, all of the excitement and discovery gave me this beautiful illusion that I was enough for him.
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The concept of “being still” is found in many places in the Bible (Psalm 46:10, Exodus 14:14 to name a couple) and is one that a lot of us take comfort in. While this concept of "being still" is pretty easy one to comprehend, it can be difficult to practice.
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There I was again, like clockwork, on my knees in the glow of the twinkle lights still hanging around my room from a Christmas many months past. My Bible was open in front of me, and I was crying.
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Do you know that feeling you get when you’re in a dark room for a while and you finally step into the light, only to feel totally discombobulated? You were so used to being in the darkness that your eyes adjusted to the absence of light. When you finally step into a well-lit room, or the sun-drenched outdoors, your eyes take some time to re-adjust.
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In the vast expanses of space where no human has ever wandered or achieved anything, celestial displays we named, nebulas, endure in continuous beauty and activity. Their only audience was heaven until we began to carefully observing them after the 11th century.
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I do not understand why the holy unity that is to represent the very relationship Jesus Christ has with His bride, the church, is home to some of the most negative and ugly comments I have ever heard in the church. As followers of Christ, we have one of the greatest tools for evangelism and encouragement: our marriages. In a culture that often sees marriage as something terrible, we are called to shine the light of Christ.
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There are more than 500 miles between my childhood home and where my navigation app is leading me now. It’s getting dark, and the dusky sky makes the low rolling hills of dry weeds, run-down houses, and nothingness seem almost beautiful.
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My husband, Garrison, and I had been homeowners for about two days when we had our first guest at our table. And by table, I mean our coffee table. It was more of a picnic on our living room carpet with Del Taco as our main course.
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Before you begin this message, take a moment to breathe, really breathe.
Inhale. Pause. Exhale.
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The little horse-loving girl inside me sighed with content as I settled into a worn, leather saddle for the first time in years.
My legs wrapped around the horse underneath me and I tried to gently squeeze her forward, but she threw her head in the air, biting at the bit with her yellowed ivories.
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