Loved When Unlovable
Do you know that you were loved in your most unlovable moments? Do you know that God loved you even when you couldn’t love yourself? Has the weight of that truth ever worked its way into your soul? You were…
Chris Jackson
Strengthening Faith, Love, and Hope
Chris Jackson
Strengthening Faith, Love, and Hope
Category Relationships
Words like blows to the head
In Veronica Roth’s runaway hit novel Allegiant she writes: “It’s strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.” She sure is right isn’t she? Painful words can hit us like sledgehammers, leaving us…
Unexplainable but not Unknowable
There’s a difference between things that are unexplainable and unknowable. I can’t explain exactly how love works, but I’ve been deeply in love with Jessica for twenty years now. I can’t fully explain how a daughter is able to utterly…
A Family of Friends
“God is building a family. A permanent family. Earthly families enjoy short shelf lives. Even those that sidestep divorce are eventually divided by death. God’s family, however, will outlive the universe. You didn’t pick me. I didn’t pick you. You…
Judged or Misunderstood?
Would you rather be judged from afar or misunderstood from up close? Would you rather have someone draw faulty conclusions about you from a distance, or misinterpret your expressed intentions? It’s not a fun “would you rather” question because both…