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.
grieve
To grieve is to give your attention to the vacancy that has opened inside of you, the emptiness that has taken up residency in your affections. One day you made room for someone or something precious, and now, that someone has gone, that something has left you with empty open hands. Near the beginning there…
comfort
Comfort is as single-minded and stubborn as a fortress. It is low to the ground, dusty with obscurity and limitation. Like a bunker buried in the sand, it acts in faith, quietly raging against the injury that is evident, signaling the presence of something unseen. To comfort is not to heal. It is not to…
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– Amanda
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