Hardships can drain our delight and erode our endurance. Yet God addresses both our joy and strength. Further, He links them together…

Hardships compound, and we can barely catch our breath before another wave of difficulty crashes over us. Is God sovereign over our suffering?

Our intuition as parents is to protect and provide for our children. But how do we keep our children safe and care for their needs in uncertain times?

How we view our circumstances drastically affects how we live. When it comes to perspective, we often think about optimism and pessimism and how each impacts our disposition, attitudes, and actions. But what does God’s Word say about optimism? Living With Biblical Optimism Dictionary.com defines optimism as: “the belief that good ultimately predominates over evil […]

  We are constantly striving to have enough. We hope our coffee is enough for the day before us. We finagle our money to be enough for the month. We hope our vacation will be restful enough. We need enough patience for our children. This desire for enough feels like a very subjective pursuit. Needs […]

  Many times, at the threshold of a new year, we’re thinking about what we want. The things we wish to accomplish and acquire are at the forefront of our minds. Yet what if at the center of these desires, as if acting as an axis, was the concept of contentment? Gratitude for what we […]

  Walking along certain beaches, you might notice a glint from the shore. Sea glass mingles with shells, sand, and seaweed, telling a story all its own. Time and turbulence both lend to the unique appearance of this glass. It is the product of hardship. These smooth, frosted, beautiful pieces of glass did not begin […]

  One of the most disheartening experiences of life is feeling we have no purpose, and this is because God never meant us to live like that! Instead, He created us with incredible significance and to live with Biblical intentionality. He is not a God of chance or happenstance. Rather, everything He has made is […]

  It is difficult to defend ourselves against the distractions of the holiday season. It seems everywhere we turn, something wants to steal our attention away from the lowly stable in Bethlehem. Time has a way of blurring events in history. With over two thousand years spanning from that starry night when a holy baby […]