Faith
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Intimacy, Surrender, Identity
Something God is teaching me in this season of my life is true surrendering. The past 6 months I have been trying to add so many seemingly good things to my life. New habits, people, more classes, more books, volunteering, new routine, more jobs, new trends, different gym, and anything else I thought would enhance who I was in a situation. I tried with my own strength to leave behind unfulfilling habits by adding new ones. I began to get restless and would beat myself up anytime I “messed up”. In this season of my life, I began to lose a lot of people I did life with the most. I was striving…
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Presence over Practice
Something amazing about the presence of God and His faithfulness is that it never runs out, it is always grounded and true. He is worth trusting because he IS the Truth and he always remains the same. (Hebrews 13:8 and John 14:6) Trusting Him at first always feels like a risk to me, it’s against the world’s view, it’s against what my flesh actually wants, and it is not always the best timing. Another thing about His presence is it’s not forced in the slightest bit. He is always calling out to you in a gentle way, but will never force you to choose him. (Psalm 18:35, Deuteronomy 30:15) He…