Jesus is speaking hope to every part of your story, every part of yourself.
You want to hear him. You want to speak too.
You can.
For those of us who struggle against anxiety, it can be difficult to see the beauty that is present around us.
For those of us who are grappling with the Bible and the Jesus who is at its center, it can be difficult to connect to the words that we find there.
For those of us weary of fighting battles, it can be difficult to recover our voice.
For those of us who get weighed down by the day-in/day-out chores and routines and frustrations, it can be difficult to find anything that seems to really matter.
“Then people brought little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked them. Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.’ “
Matthew 19:13-14, NIV
For those of us who have experienced pain, particularly as children, it can be difficult to extend kindness to all the different parts of ourselves – perhaps there is an angry adolescent part that is continually threatening to explode and destroy everyone close to you; perhaps there is a carefree child part that should know better than to trust so willingly; perhaps there is an infant part who refuses to cry out into the silence once again.
As Jesus has invited us, I want to invite you – each and every part of you – to walk with me as we practice a next, slow step toward Scripture and the Jesus behind it all.
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