Warrior Mode Activated

A friend recently posed a thought-provoking question on Facebook: "If you woke up today knowing it would be your last day on earth, what would you do? Who would you spend your time with?" This question made me pause and reflect, as many of her posts do. She is incredibly kind, true to herself regardless of others' opinions, unafraid to try new things, and extremely intelligent and I admire her. Thanks friend. There is something I want everyone to know. I want my sons and their wives, my beautiful daughters-in-love to know. I want my future grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and all future generations to understand this without a shadow of a doubt. If you're reading this blog somewhere out there in the future, know that if there is one core message in this blog, this is it. Please, read this. All of you. Promise me that if you don't know God in this way, you will think about it deeply. If you are struggling because the church has treated you or someone you love po...

  "The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness." — Lamentations 3:22-23 Some mornings, I wake up feeling weary before the day has even begun. The weight of yesterday’s struggles, the regrets, the unanswered prayers—they all seem to follow me into today. And yet, in the stillness of the morning, this truth rises with the sun: God’s mercies are new. Every. Single. Day. No matter how hard yesterday was, no matter how many times I stumbled, no matter how heavy my heart feels—God’s love remains steady. His mercies don’t run out. He doesn’t look at me and say, “That was your last chance.” Instead, He meets me in the morning with fresh grace, with an unshaken faithfulness that is bigger than my failures, my fears, and my worries. What Does It Mean That His Mercies Are New? Lamentations is a book of grief, written in the aftermath of Jerusalem’s destruction. The author, likely the prophet Jerem...