I didn’t expect the year I asked God to grow me to be one of the hardest years I can remember. Looking back, I’m not sure what I thought would happen. Maybe a quiet deepening. A gentle stretching. Some new insight arriving on a Tuesday morning with my coffee, leaving me wiser and largely undisturbed. […]
We’ve covered a lot of ground this month, exploring the truths at the foundation of focus. We talked about distraction and the way it slips in quietly to scatter your peace before you even realize it’s happening. We talked about comparison, and how someone else’s highlight reel can silently rewrite the story you’re telling yourself […]
Some people understand focus as a discipline of the mind. A practice. Something you work on in the quiet, controlled moments of your day. And then life happens. And focus becomes an act of survival, of stubborn faith, of choosing to keep your eyes fixed when everything around you is falling apart. I want to […]
There’s a particular kind of hard that doesn’t get discussed enough when it comes to focus. It’s not the “hard” of a crisis, loss, or dramatic setback. It’s the hard of showing up, doing the work, staying faithful, and seeing absolutely nothing change. You’re doing everything right. Praying. Moving. Being obedient. And yet, from where […]
Fear doesn’t always appear in your life, clear as day and easily identified. Sometimes it just shows up as a feeling you can’t shake. A low, persistent hum underneath everything else you’re doing, making you lose your focus. You go about your day, check your list, say the right things. But underneath it all, something […]
We often assume trust will eventually produce clarity. If we wait long enough, pray hard enough, and obey consistently enough, surely the full explanation will come. But sometimes it doesn’t. And that can be unsettling. Learning to Live Without the Full Picture Years ago, I stepped out of a ministry leadership role in which I […]
There are few things more humbling than realizing you can’t fix someone you love. We can organize, advise, pray, suggest, remind, encourage, and sometimes even plead. At the end of the day, thought, we can’t control another person’s heart. And that’s where trust gets personal. The Day I Realized I Was Trying to Be the […]
Unanswered prayer has a way of shaking what we think we know about trust. We pray believing God hears us. We expect movement. And when silence stretches on, faith can begin to feel fragile. In those moments, trusting God means we don’t rely solely on the expected answer. We should also trust His timing. His […]
Control often feels like wisdom, until it becomes exhausting. We tell ourselves we’re being responsible, proactive, prepared. But beneath the surface, control often reveals a deeper struggle with trust, especially trust in God’s timing. When Control Quietly Took Over I didn’t notice how tightly I was holding everything together until my body started keeping score. […]
Trust always sounds gentle and reassuring—until it becomes personal. We talk easily about trusting God with our future or our faith, but trust takes on a different weight when it asks us to give something up. When obedience costs comfort, clarity, or control, trust stops feeling inspirational and starts feeling risky. That’s often the moment […]
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