I believe that when we trust Him enough to bring Him our hidden unbelief, despair and unsavory feelings, He isn't disappointed, but he's proud of us for drawing near to Him. He’s deeply invested in your journey. Don’t give up now!

As believers, we are invited to take increasingly larger leaps of faith as we walk further with the Lord. I believe that it's His desire for us to feel less like children with stage fright and more like well-trained and confident artists as we navigate what He brings our way.

He is my father, friend, teacher, confidant and so much more. It has become so real to me that I was made for relationship with Him like this. I was made to spend every moment with Him. As I dig into the Word with this awareness, I can see that everything He's done has been to provide me access to this kind of relationship with Him. He wants the same for you.

Pain has shown up so many times in my life and rather than healing and putting painful experiences behind me, I've treated pain like an old friend and forgotten what hope's embrace felt like. Pain taught me to assign permanence to situations that were temporary and to forget that nothing I've been through has ever lasted forever. The truth is that I'm more compatible with hope.

There is no safer place to be completely naked with all my flaws and shortcomings than in the presence of God. I'm blameless here. I'm righteous here. In this exposed place, I can be stripped down and then built up to look like Jesus.