It’s ok if we don’t have the words. It’s okay if we feel numb, shocked out of all emotions except anxiety in times such as these. God meets us there.
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But as it were, they are indications of my lack of trust that the God who said, “blessed are the meek” rules this world; and more than that, my lack of trust in God’s promise that the meek “shall inherit the earth.”
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There are whispers of a constant God in this ever-changing world. In slowing down, we notice them. How sweet are these reminders. I’m finding a comfort in how far, wide, high, and long God’s vastness is, and that it never changes.
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Instant satisfaction in the world comes piece-meal and then quickly disappoints. I build all my hopes and dreams into this grand Victorian mansion and then one small wind of change or pain knocks the whole thing over.
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I think we subscribe to binaries too often. Humans perpetuate this false narrative of either/or in practically every sphere of life. It infects all of these spectrums on which we live and operate. Either pride or insecurity. Either success or family. Either ambition or contentment.
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I had thought about lies a lot, attempted to protect myself from them, recognized Satan’s lies in the lives of people dear to me…but somehow, I’d overlooked his hand-picked, Kailin-tailored lies.
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What He said seemed elementary—to rest is an act of faith. Yet as He spoke it I knew that truth held the power to change everything about the way I walked into the next season of my life.
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As a culture, we deify the avoidance of forgetting; devote our time and money to it; configure our lives around it. It’s understandable enough: to remember is to be human, and the thought of losing that humanity produces a raw nervousness within us.
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Immeasurably more than all that I asked or imagined (Ephesians 3:20)—that seems to be the best way to describe the past two weeks.
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It's funny how, after four years of education at a Christian institute of higher learning, you’ll still get evangelized. It happened to me my last semester at Calvin. I was studying, and some girls came up to me asking if I had prayer requests.
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The other day, I went hiking through the Mariposa Grove. There is a collection of enormous trees located in Yosemite National Park; it is home to over 500 mature giant sequoias.
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A paper mache masterpiece of canary-colored leaves decorates the concrete, whose almost-squares are dampened darker from last night’s rain. If I walk slowly enough, I can perceive green stains leaking through, too: moss, erupting in the moisture.
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I always carry a journal with me to write down little truths that God puts right into my head; that’s how He and I talk, I think. When I look at my very favorite truths that He has given me during 2019 thus far, they all have the word JOY circled and underlined in big bold letters.
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I have been a little out of the game lately. I have been so completely out of resources to face the various challenges in a day. Drained as I am, I am headed into two months of intense study abroad—a trip I have dreamed about for ages and am now terrified to go on because, well, I'm exhausted.
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Over the past few semesters, one of my roommates has been slowly making her way through the seven seasons of the rom-com TV series Gilmore Girls.
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I think some of the scariest feelings are the subtle ones, those that creep in passively without making much noise. They’re the ones I often make space for without realizing.
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I live an interesting double life here in Chicago. I grew up in the church, constantly surrounded by people who thought and acted like me. It was (and is) comfortable.
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I’m a believer that there is immeasurably more. I heard God so clearly during a time in my life when I was settling for less. I knew there was something that I could never think, ask, or imagine waiting for me if I would simply trust Him.
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I’m not the most humble person in the world. Being raised in a competitive family, I learned at a very young age to make my talents and presence known.
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Last weekend I got engaged. I type these words with a beautiful ring on my left hand, thinking back on the best seven days of my life.
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