…If everything is already preordained, why do our decisions seem to matter so much? Why do acts of kindness open one door while bitterness closes another? Why does discipline often produce different results than complacency? Why do two people, given similar opportunities, sometimes end up living completely different lives?…
…The timing always makes me pause. Was God gently holding me back because it wasn’t the right season? Or was I simply seeing the results of months, or even years, of quiet effort that I couldn’t appreciate while I was in the middle of it? Maybe it’s both…
…The more I thought about it, the more I realized that hope is what keeps everything else alive. Without hope, peace slowly slips away. Faith becomes harder to hold on to. Joy becomes more difficult to find. Even love can struggle when there is no hope left. Hope doesn’t just help us survive…
…How does healing really show itself? Is it the absence of tears? Is it when we no longer replay conversations in our minds? Is it when we can hear a person’s name without feeling our hearts race? Or is healing something much quieter than that?…
…What I do know for sure is that I am very glad that I started this blog. Writing has helped me in more ways than I could ever explain. There is something about putting everything down “on paper” that helps to clear the mind…
…Making mistakes seems to be part of the human experience. Forgiveness, however, appears to be a different matter altogether. If erring is human, why does forgiving seem so difficult?..