“The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.” – 2 Peter 3:9God’s patience is a strange kind of mercy. It can feel like silence. It can feel like delay. But in reality, it is one of the clearest signs of His love.We often want swift justice when someone wrongs us, but slow...  Read More

“This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt.’” – Exodus 17:8 Let’s be honest. Some parts of the Bible are hard to read. They make us uncomfortable. The judgment of God in the Old Testament, especially when it’s intense or sweeping, can feel foreign and even unsettling. Our instinct might be to ski...  Read More

“…They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.” – Isaiah 61:3There’s something sacred about seeing life come out of what once looked dead. When Jesus stepped out of the tomb, it wasn’t just a victory over death—it was a declaration over all our brokenness: “This is not the end.”The same God who brings beauty from ashes and anchors us in the sto...  Read More

“We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure…” – Hebrews 6:19Life can feel like open water—unpredictable, unsteady, sometimes straight-up stormy. One phone call. One diagnosis. One disappointment. That’s all it takes to turn calm into chaos. And in those moments, you don’t need more motivation. You need an anchor.Hebrews 6 paints a picture of that anchor: “We have this hope as an ...  Read More

“…to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes…” – Isaiah 61:2–3When you're in the middle of heartbreak, the idea that anything good could come from it can feel… offensive. But Isaiah 61 isn’t written as a cliché. It’s a prophecy of a coming Messiah who wouldn’t just offer comfort—He’d embody it.Jesus didn’t show up to han...  Read More

“…we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.” – Romans 5:3–4Suffering doesn’t just knock the wind out of you—it messes with your sense of direction. It’s hard to talk about hope when you can barely catch your breath. But Paul, writing to people who knew real pain, says something wild: “We rejoice in our suffe...  Read More