I jotted this down earlier this week while I was taking care of Nolan and feeling overwhelmed by all I need to do. I pray these words encourage you! You can print this image as a 5×7 card to keep with you or hang on your mirror as a reminder that your identity is found […]
Our fingers have been programmed in this day and age to scroll, double tap, text, and type. The other day my friend was telling me that her three year old can open the iPad and turn on his movies without help. Our minds and hands have been rewired to go straight to our phones. Without even realizing it, we take part in the “daily scroll.” Instead of taking a walk with a friend, we scroll through their lives. Picture after picture on Instagram, post after post on Facebook, tweet after tweet on Twitter. We scroll, scroll, scroll and take in so much that we don’t know what to do with the information overload. I know that the “daily scroll” has left me feeling disconnected, fruitless, and down most days. You may find yourself in the same delusion after your own daily scroll.
Everyday when I wake up, I’m temped to get into the box. You know. It’s the box of people pleasing, trying to be everything when you know you can’t, and trying to be what you think others want. It’s a tiny little box that makes me feel trapped when I get in it. This box […]
1 Peter 2:11-19. Find the 1 Peter 2 reading guide here! The culture we live in has become dangerously similar to the Old Testament. People worship themselves, things they’ve created and forget about the goodness of God. Psalm 78:8 describes the Israelites who wandered from the commandments of God as “a generation whose heart was […]
1 Peter 2:11-19. Find the 1 Peter 2 reading guide here! The culture we live in has become dangerously similar to the Old Testament. People worship themselves, things they’ve created and forget about the goodness of God. Psalm 78:8 describes the Israelites who wandered from the commandments of God as “a generation whose heart was […]