• On a personal note

    Do You Still Believe it?

    February 28, 2024

    There are seasons where a believer passes through a valley. There are seasons where prayers become places of simple words. I have sat near some broken places lately, and mourned over so many broken things, holding them in broken fingers. Have you ever been there? I don’t think I could count the times I’ve just whispered, “Father?” and that was the whole of my prayer- just my hand reaching into the air above me. “Do you still believe it?” It was a question I heard, not out loud, but in my heart. It was a sneering question, a bitter question,…

  • Devotional - On a personal note

    Portion

    December 20, 2023

    When I was thirteen, I began studying the Bible. I’d been steeped in Bible stories since infancy, but at thirteen I participated in a Bible reading challenge that quickly turned into something life changing: I met Jesus in the pages of scripture. As a side note to youth leaders and those who work with kids: God used the youth pastor in my life in a big way- the effects of which are still present in my walk with the Lord! Discipleship for teenagers is so important. As someone who grew immensely from those foundational teachings in youth group, I just…

  • Devotional

    Grief

    September 22, 2023

    I was sharing with a friend the other day about different times in my life where I remember vivid “carpet prayers” to the Lord. Do you know the prayers I’m talking about? The ones where you are face down on your living room floor before God- face pressed into the carpet. I’ve been there before, and I remember most of them vividly. I remember times where there were immediate answers, other times my faith was strengthened to wait for the provision, and still other times the answer was only the presence of God. As I walk through those memories, it…