Some days it feels like the whole world is talking at once.

Your phone talks. The news talks. People talk. Your own thoughts talk. And if we are not careful, we can spend our whole day reacting, and never actually living.

Jesus had a moment like this in a house full of good intentions.

In Luke 10:38–42, Martha is doing real work. Honorable work. Hospitality. But Jesus says, Martha, Martha, you are anxious and bothered about so many things, but only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion.…

In the Oxford dictionary, a promise is defined as a declaration or assurance that one will do a particular thing or that a particular thing will happen. Promises come in all shapes and sizes. Some are small and given flippantly while others hold extreme seriousness and value. One tarnish that stems from our sin nature is how often we break promises, not only to others but to our selves. But what is a promise in the eyes of God? 

Hebrews‬ ‭6:11-13‬ ‭gives powerful insight to what a promise means to God…

If I could just get the promotion I need, if I could just get to the weight I should be, if I could just get the house I dream of, then I could be happy. 

If her cancer could just be healed, if he could just overcome his alcohol addiction, if she could just love me the way I desire… then… I could be happy. 

It doesn’t matter if it’s small material plans in our life or the difficult trials regarding people around us, we have this insatiable pull toward the other side of things to believe that would be the…

John 3:16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 

This is probably the most recognized scripture today but it leaves us with questions. What is life? What is eternal life? Why does it matter? Of course, these questions all boil down to one of the oldest ever asked, “What is the meaning of life.” Many religions have presented their answers. But as a Christian, I believe in one. So, what is life? A glance in the dictionary…

Snow in the south! It’s a little too late to be a Christmas miracle, but for southerners, a miracle in of itself. There’s something about snowfall that transcends any other occurrence. Have you ever gone outside late at night when the snow has accumulated and everything is altogether white? It’s like nothing else I’ve ever experienced. The trees are still, the animals are hidden, and weighed down underneath, sound is swallowed up into the earth below the glistening blanket of lacy jewels. Calm, peaceful…