The Environment of Flourishing: Positioning Your Life for Growth
We all want to flourish. To grow, to thrive, to become everything God created us to be. But flourishing doesn’t just happen. It’s not random or effortless. Just like in the natural world, growth is connected to the environment. Sometimes the reason we’re not flourishing isn’t because God isn’t faithful, but because we’re planted in the wrong soil.
What Does It Really Mean to Flourish?
Lately, I’ve been sitting with the word flourish. Not in the cute, decorative sense. Not in the way it shows up on a journal cover or a wall decal. But in a deeper, spiritual kind of way. What does it really mean to flourish in the eyes of God?
Wholeness is God’s Will: How to Embrace the Healing You’ve Been Avoiding
We say we want healing, but sometimes if we’re honest, we avoid it. Not because we don’t need it, but because we know it will cost us something. Comfort. Control. Familiarity. Healing sounds good until it requires us to confront things we’ve gotten used to living with. The grief we’ve buried. The habit we’ve justified. The wound we’ve worn like a badge.
And more than anything, healing requires God’s
Healing Happens in the Light
We tend to think healing comes with time. That if we just wait long enough, the pain will pass and we’ll be okay. What I’ve come to find is that it’s more about what we choose to do with that time. It’s about what we open up, what we expose, and what we surrender to God.
And more than anything, healing requires God’s light.
Healing isn’t Linear: Why We Need to Stop Rushing the Process
Healing isn’t linear. I used to think it was. That once I forgave, once I surrendered it in prayer, once I journaled and had the breakthrough, I’d be done. Healed. What I’ve come to find is that’s not how it works, not emotionally, not spiritually, not even physically. Healing comes in waves, in layers. It shows up unexpectedly and often asks us to revisit things we thought we were finished
Avoidable Pain: The Consequences of Our Choices and God’s Redeeming Power
Some pain in life is inescapable. It comes through trials, suffering, and circumstances outside our control. Then, there’s the pain we walk into willingly; the kind we could have avoided if we had listened, obeyed, or taken a different path.
The Purpose of Pain: How God Uses Suffering for Growth
I used to believe that pain was a sign of God’s absence.
If He truly loved me, why would He allow heartbreak, loss, or suffering? The silence of pain can feel deafening, making it easy to believe that God has turned away. Over time, I’ve learned something that changed my perspective. Pain is often where His presence is the closest, but my level of awareness determines if I sense
Staying Pliable in the Hands of the Potter
Change is hard. Even when we want transformation, even when we pray for God to grow us, there’s still a part of us that clings to what’s comfortable and familiar.
But here’s the reality: being a Christian is all about change.
When we surrender our lives to Christ, we’re not just signing up for a one-time moment of salvation. We are stepping into a lifelong process. A journey where God
Walking by Faith, Not Feelings: Living a Spirit-Led Life
Feelings are powerful, aren’t they? They can inspire us to act with courage, draw us into deep relationships, or even warn us when something isn’t right. God, in His infinite wisdom, created emotions. He made us emotional beings. But here’s the thing: while emotions are a gift, they were never meant to control us.
Beyond the Surface: The Call for Inner Work
In our walk with God, it’s easy to become absorbed in how things look from the outside. We can focus on what we present to others—how we appear, how we serve, and how we show up—without taking the time to examine what’s going on within. But in Matthew 23, Jesus gives us a call to something deeper, challenging the Pharisees (and us) to look beyond the outward appearances and address