The Most Important Thing You Can Do In Your Waiting Have you been waiting for something for so long, that you’re starting to think it just might not come? Are you doubting your prayers will get answered? I deeply understand these feelings and have been walking through them myself recently. It feels like the Lord is withholding, or like I misunderstood His direction for my life from the get-go. My husband and I made life-altering decisions, moved across oceans, started over in a new city as complete strangers, walking in obedience to the doors God had opened at that time. And since we began this journey, very little has shifted…

If you’ve ever watched The Office then you might remember this one liner-turned-catchphrase from Andy Bernard in the series finale. The full statement he makes ends with ‘before you’ve left them’. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, odds are you have probably heard some version of this sentiment! Nostalgia is a feeling many of us can relate to. It’s defined as ‘a sentimental longing or a wistful affection for the past’. If you pick up a photo album from 10, 20 years ago and flip through it, or – let’s be honest – you scroll all the way back into your earliest Instagram slides, you’ve captured a…

Have you ever wondered why you keep falling back into the same cycle of doubt, of fear or anxiety when life throws another curveball at you? Maybe it’s the exact same kind of pitch, and you thought you might just hit it out of the park this time around, but you find yourself faltering under the same weight of disbelief and uncertainty. I reread the story of Mark 9:14 – 29, where a father asks Jesus to have compassion and heal his son from an unclean spirit. The father specifically says to Jesus, 22b‘If you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.’  As if! Is essentially how…