“Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.” – Proverbs 4:23 This may be the single most difficult command for me. It may also be the most important in my day to day life. How well we guard our hearts decides how much we get to really enjoy life. While I can recognize how important it is to guard my heart when I’m talking with my small group, doing a quiet time, or writing…
All of us know the pain of a broken heart. While many of us think of our first crush or dating relationship when we read that first sentence, our first broken heart comes well before we meet that first special someone. We come into this world with a broken heart because our heart misses God. In order to prove my point, we’ll have to take a step back and look at some of the great stories of our time. Recently…
Do you ever feel like God comes up short? Do you ever think that your life would be completely different if God just changed one thing in your life? Do these feelings or doubts ever make you wonder if God is trying to hold things back from you? Personally, I’d answer yes to every single one of those questions. I don’t mean that I used to answer yes to those questions. I’ve dealt with all three of those questions this…
Getting into a relationship will not fix your loneliness. I know that idea rests somewhere in the hearts of most single people. I find myself thinking it all the time. Fortunately, we’re all wrong. I say fortunately because it’s not a good idea to use a romantic relationship to try and fix our loneliness problem. A romantic relationship will not solve your longing for relationship. Our loneliness problem is way too big for one person or even a group of…