Sometimes Faith Means Releasing What You Wanted to Keep Letting go is hard. Especially when you really wanted something to work. Maybe it was a relationship, a friendship, a job, an opportunity, a dream, or even a version of your life you had already pictured in your head. We can spend a lot of time asking God to fix what may be something He is actually asking us to release. And if we're honest, sometimes we already know it isn't for us anymore. We just don't want to accept i

When You Don’t Understand What God Is Doing There are some seasons in life when believing that God is faithful is easy. Things are working out, prayers are being answered, doors are opening, and you can look back and say, “Wow! Look at God!” But then there are those other seasons. The ones where you have prayed and prayed, and nothing seems to be changing. You are doing your best to trust God, but if you’re honest, you have questions. You may even wonder if God has forgotte

Talk to almost any believer who has been walking with Jesus for a while, and they will tell you the same thing: after some of the hardest seasons of their lives, they witnessed some of the greatest moves of God. That doesn't mean the storm was easy. And it doesn't mean they understood what God was doing while they were in the middle of it. When you're walking through deep pain, you are usually not thinking about promotion or what God might do next. You're trying to survive. Y

Dear Heavenly Father, Thank You for staying faithful to me even in the seasons where my mind feels tired, my emotions feel scattered, and life feels heavy. Sometimes I carry pressure silently while trying to appear stronger than I really am. Sometimes I overthink things, make things harder on myself, or try to figure everything out in my own strength instead of bringing it before You first. Father, I need Your wisdom. I need Your direction. I need strength that goes deeper th