And perhaps
what made her beautiful
was not her appearance
or what she achieved,
but in her love,
and in her courage,
and in her audacity to believe:
no matter the shadows around her,
Light ran wild within her,
and that was the way
she came alive
and it showed up
in everything.
Don��t forget to dream with God. You don’t have to figure it all out. Just keep saying yes to Him in big ways & small. Then watch what He does.
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us...” Eph3:20
When my family asks me what my plan for my future is this Christmas, I’m telling them I plan to grow in soul strength, joy of the Lord, and charity. You don’t have to have it all together yet!
all along, you were growing deeper roots. all along, the things that stretched you only strengthened you, and you were still guided right where you were meant to be.
To freely give love — selfless love — is the greatest act of worship. Challenge yourself to look at people with Jesus shades on, as beautiful and loved creation.
We serve a God who allows hurt. But we also serve a God who uses hurt for good.
Take heart, sweet friend. Your tears will not be wasted.
#ItsNotSupposedToBeThisWay
It is okay if your strength looks a little different in this season. It is okay if the fire inside of you is still there, even if it burns quietly, and gently, as candles do on windowsills. All that you are feeling is very real, and even here, there is time and grace to heal.
The complexities of fear and doubt have no power over the One who brings us back to total restoration. There is no striving, earning, or posturing. At the feet of the Messiah, there is healing and returning.
// Sarah Erickson
step into what God is calling you to do.
start to build the kingdom where you are.
use the gifts that God has given you.
then the enemy will lose confidence because of what you are doing.
Pursue peace. Pursue peace over your deepest understandings. For within it there is freedom: over all things mistaken, over broken conversations, over all the things you’d thought would hold stronger and longer than they did, let it be peace that reels you in.
God’s unrelenting love is not situational, it’s eternal. Remember this when you feel stuck and pray that God changes your circumstance, He won’t. He sees the big picture and he’s allowing you to lean into His love and grow. He is always good. ♥️