Man, if I can remember that God’s heart toward me is kindness, if I can truly trust that ALL His plans for me are for my good, it changes the way I face my future... All the unknowns, and especially the way I walk through storms and trials in my life…

I have known this verse to be true in every broken and crushed place that I’ve experienced in my life. I love that the Bible doesn’t try to skip over suffering. Scripture acknowledges and at times guarantees that we will know pain and brokenness…

I love this promise from God’s word. That command to “rejoice” feels hard at times, especially in light of some of the pain and suffering life can throw at us, but I love that colliding into that command to rejoice is the promise, “The Lord is near”…

This is one of the first verses I ever memorized, and I can’t quit it. I love that it openly acknowledges that we may fail. I don’t know about you, but I fail all the time, and it is here in our failures and mistakes that the two words, “… but God” come crashing into all of our not enough. I’m so grateful that God promises to be our strength and our portion, even when we fail…

"Even though"...what a beautiful beginning to a prayer. Even though... fill in the blank with whatever hard or loss you are facing today... I will fear no evil for You are WITH me…

A lot of you have asked me over this year about my personal “Fighting Words”... the verses and the truths that I hold onto when I’m fighting back the lies that I so often believe. In that spirit, I am starting Fighting Words Friday! Every Friday, I’ll share scriptures or quotes that have helped to anchor me in the truth of God’s love…