You Have the Words of Eternal Life

"You do not want to leave too, do you?" Jesus asked the twelve.

Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life." 

John 6:67-68



Are there words to say when children die?

Is is possible to "understand"?

I. Can. Not. Imagine.

But here we are on this earth. We are so broken. We want answers. We want to know WHY? How?

Jesus, we need you now more than ever. How do I explain the hope I have? It doesn't mean that I understand. I just know that you are the only one capable of holding me together. I trust your plan. I trust the story that you've written. I'm honored to have one line, one word, one breath in your story.

Heal our hearts and hold us tight. Until we see you face to face...

Jesus. Our hope is in you.

He Still Speaks

"Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me." Phillipians 3:12

Isn't God ever so merciful? 

Aren't we ever proving ourselves so human?

In the morning we get up early. We do our best to study his word. We pray that he speaks. We pray that his will be done in our lives. And then as we drive to work, someone cuts us off in traffic...When we get to work that one person presses all of our "buttons". And we feel like a failure before 10am.

And yet every day his mercies are new. 

Every day the sun rises proving his promises are true. That we are not alone. A new chance.

Even on the days that don't feel like a win; he is still on the throne. We can still trust his goodness. 

And He still speaks. 

The God of the Universe speaks to our hearts. And I don't know if you've found this to be true, but in my experience he doesn't just say things once and hope I understood. 

He speaks over and over and over again.

Thank goodness. (As an aside, his words spoken to our heart will never contradict his words in scripture.)

And because of his words to me. I write these. Today I really don't feel like I have much worth saying. 

But I will say this: I am thankful.

I'm thankful that his grace is sufficient for me, for his power is made perfect in my weakness. (2 Corinthians 12:9)

I'm thankful that while 2015 was a year of pain, struggle, and brokenness. He taught me how to lean on him like I never have. 

I'm thankful for every blessing that he has brought me in 2016. He has redeemed so many things. He has healed my heart in places where I didn't even know that it was broken. 

I'm thankful that through it all he taught me that his plan is better. It will Always be better. And my prayer is that every day his will is done. In spite of my weakness. In spite of my failure.

"I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws." Ezekiel 36:26-27

What are you thankful for today?