I’ve been seeing my heart in a slightly strange way lately. I’ve seen it emptied out, poured out, stretched out. Like an empty hull of a damaged ship, cargo jettisoned, passengers floating away in lifeboats—fully abandoned in the stormy seas. My worship echoes through that hull, a whisper compared to the waves. The truths I’m desperately clinging to […]
promise fulfilled.
I sat with my knees drawn up to my chest, praying with the girls I’m living with here at training. We spent time adoring, confessing, thanking, and presenting our requests to the Father. As I began to ask the Father to strengthen my supervisors, my heart swelled for the people I’m about to live among, […]
My Story
This is just a glimpse into my story. I wrote it in preparation to speak at a church, and the Father told me to share it here. It is my prayer that He impacts your story with it. He is the God who writes our stories, the God who desires greater things than we can […]
His love, my joy
Today, I found myself reading the passage that the url-link of this blog was inspired by. “I-must-decrease” comes from John 3. John testifies to a Jew who questions John’s baptism vs. Jesus’ baptism. John speaks of his joy, his joy made complete because of Jesus’ coming. And John’s joy beautifully humbles him to see Jesus once […]
weighty intimacy
We can only really begin to feel the weight of our circumstances when we let others in on them. Three years ago, I wasn’t letting people in. On the details, yes. On the big picture, definitely. On my heart, no. On my emotions, not even close. On my depths, never. Or so I thought. I […]
Worth
I’m having trouble beginning this post because this week has been so full. So full. Of relationships, tears, prayers, vulnerable moments. I’ve sat on my couch just watching the rain and thinking about gold. I’ve sat at kitchen tables and talked too much. I’ve sat at a well-worn dinner table and been floored by community. […]