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Elijah was afraid and fled for his life. He went to Beersheba, a town in Judah, and he left his servant there. Then he went on alone into the wilderness, traveling all day. He sat down under a solitary broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors who have already died.” 1 Kings 19:3-4 (NLT) Let’s be real—most of us have wanted to give up and run away at some point, just like Elijah. Maybe you

"Teach me, Lord, the way of your decrees, that I may follow it to the end." Psalms 119:33 (NIV) My mind wanders a lot! I wake up in the middle of the night thinking I shouldn't have eaten those cookies, worry about my kids, and then end up wondering if I locked the side door. I can spend hours trying to solve the world's problems from my pillow. My daily life can also feel like I'm going down a rabbit trail. I waste precious time watching TV, searching the web, or scrolling t

I've seen it happen, read about it, heard about it, and honestly, I've done it myself at times. It’s that tendency to sin and then shift the blame onto someone else to feel better about ourselves. We might blame our heartbreak, sadness, or tough circumstances on someone else’s actions, but really, it’s our choice to sin that causes our pain. I’m using ‘she’ here because, believe me, I’ve been there—‘she’ did this, ‘he’ did that, and, let’s face it, sometimes even the housepla

Looking back over the last few years, I can see God’s faithfulness woven throughout my days. In each opportunity, circumstance, decision, emptiness, surprise, and experience, He was there. I remember telling a friend, when my previous marriage was crumbling, that I wasn’t sure that God was faithful to me. Because God hadn’t answered my prayers the way I asked, I assumed that He just wasn’t concerned about me. That moment in time is seared into my brain. I didn’t realize that