A girl lies in her bed at night crying. Every night it’s the same thing, “God why doesn’t anyone love me?” “Why did you create me if I am so unlovable?” The Father, in His quiet way, places His loving arms around the girl so that His Hand is in perfect position to capture her tears as He shares how precious she is to Him (Jeremiah 31:3.) He places them in His bottle (Psalm 56:8) preparing for the day that He will wipe every tear from her eyes (Revelation 7:17). A man lies

We live in an amazing time of immediate gratification. Information and data at our fingertips. Information which must be filtered and understood. We may find ourselves taking in information, making rash decisions / judgements based on popular opinion or even cultural bias. With this ability comes a great responsibility. Not only must we filter what comes in, we must filter what goes out. Proverbs 4:23 (NIV) tells us “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you d

My heart is heavy this morning. Over the last week I have heard four different unrelated stories of people choosing to end their lives. People who have a seemingly great life, people with family, people whom you would never imagine would / could just give up. So today I ponder this question: "Why?" What could bring a person to this point? Is it fear? Anxiety? Uncertainty? To be able to leave everything behind, everyone they loved behind . . . I just cannot understand i