devotions - faith for every season

There's something about this time of year... March Madness energy. Every game matters. Every possession count. Every point... matters. And here's the thing, a win is a win. It doesn't matter if a team wins by 1 point... or dominates by 30, it goes in the record books the exact same way. A win is a win. And guess what? The same is true for you. It's easy to think growth has to look BIG, dramatic, or even noticeable. Like... I should be further along, this should feel bigger, o

I don’t know who needs to hear this today, but… take a breath. Not the shallow one you take while checking emails or scrolling Instagram. A real one. Because somewhere along the way, many of us started believing life was a race. A timeline. A checklist we were supposed to complete by a certain age. College by this age. Career by this age. Marriage by this age. Kids by this age. Dream house. Dream body. Dream life. And when life doesn’t follow the schedule we imagined? Cue t

Sometimes we separate parts of our lives into categories. Church is spiritual. Prayer is spiritual. Reading the Bible is spiritual. But work? That’s just… work. Emails. Meetings. Deadlines. Responsibilities. Sometimes I like to ask a simple question... if you could do any job in the world, what would it be? Not the job that sounds impressive. Not the job someone else expects of you. But the one that makes you feel alive. The kind of work where you lose track of time. The ki

We've heard the phrase "main character energy," right? Walk into the room like you own it. Romanticize your life. Be the moment. And listen… I’m not mad about it. BUT what if I told you that as daughters of God, we actually do have main character energy? Just not the self-centered, spotlight-hogging, “everyone clap for me” kind. But rather, the holy kind. Where YOU are the main character, but GOD is the author. You are not random. You are not background noise. You are not an

Have you ever felt guilty for growing? Outgrowing a friendship. Outgrowing a job. Outgrowing a version of yourself that once fit perfectly.We don’t often talk about the quiet grief that comes with growth. Sometimes, it's as simple as knowing... something good, isn't always permanent. Sometimes we stay too long out of loyalty. Sometimes we shrink to stay comfortable. Sometimes we dim so others don’t feel left behind. But you are not called to shrink to make other people comfor

" Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 Let me ask you, do you pray for pressure? Of course not. We pray for blessings. We pray for favors. We pray for open doors and smooth paths. But rarely (or maybe never) do we pray for the seasons that stretch us so thin we can hear our own thoughts echo. Pressure doesn't always show up in a drastic way. Sometimes it looks like: starting a new job and wanting

My husband will be the first to tell you… I like the finer things in life. I like a nice home. A nice car. And don’t even get me started on good skincare. But past that? I truly could not care less. Now, I’m not saying I don’t have expensive taste. I’d be lying if I said that. I do. I appreciate quality. I appreciate craftsmanship. I appreciate beautiful things. But here’s what’s funny about me… I have always wanted to do the opposite of whatever everyone else is doing. If it

“ We will rejoice and be glad in it." Psalms 118:24 Joy is not naïve. Joy is not ignoring real life. Joy is not pretending your to-do list isn’t screaming your name. Joy is a choice. And honestly? It looks good on you. You have to choose joy every day. Some mornings we wake up ready to conquer the world. Other mornings we wake up negotiating with the alarm clock like it personally offended us. But somewhere between brushing your teeth and reheating your coffee for the seco

You know what I am not this weekend... I am not overbooked, overcommitted or over-caffeinated. 😏 Which, if you know me, is rare. We say yes because we're capable. We volunteer because we care. We sign up because we can. And then somewhere between the third meeting, the half-done laundry, and the second Dr. Pepper... we whisper, how did we get here? Being gifted is not the same thing as being assigned. Just because you're good at something doesn't mean you're called to every

Today is Presidents Day —a day set aside to honor leaders like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln... and if you're lucky maybe a day off from work. Washington and Lincoln carried the weight of a nation. They made decisions knowing not everyone would agree. They led imperfectly—but faithfully in their calling. And while you may not be leading a country... you are leading something. And if you're anything like me, sometimes you didn't even apply for the job, but rather the j

Yesterday we talked about change. And if I’m honest? I don’t fear change. I actually kind of love it. I have moved three times in less than ten years. Some might say, “maybe you just need to learn to be content.” And whew. That one hits. Because contentment has always been a struggle for me. I've been told that a time or two (or three) by my husband and close family, just be content. It’s not that I’m unhappy. It’s not that I’m ungrateful. It’s not even that I always need to

You may have already caught on to something about me... I’m a big Justin Bieber fan. You can roll your eyes, it’s fine. I know, I know. But hear me out. What’s always fascinated me about Justin Bieber isn’t the fame, the success, or the fact that he seemingly “has it all.” It’s the reality that even someone at the top—money, influence, platform, everything—still wrestled with the same question so many of us do, what is my purpose? So much so that he released an entire album c

Are you a creature of habit? The kind who orders the same coffee every time. Takes the same route to work. Has a “right” way to load the dishwasher and gets annoyed when someone does it wrong. (Just me?) There’s comfort in routine. Familiarity feels safe. Predictable feels manageable. But sometimes, without realizing it, routine turns into autopilot. Jesus says in John 15:11 , “I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow!”

Some days work feels less like a calling and more like a to-do list that never ends. The kind where you sit down with good intentions… and somehow three hours disappear into emails, tabs you don’t remember opening, and a growing pile of things you still haven’t done. The kind of day where nothing big happens, but you’re somehow exhausted anyway. And if I’m honest, I’ve had days where I rush through my work just trying to get to the end of it. Counting hours. Watching the cl

It’s wild how quickly comparison sneaks in. One scroll, one update, one “oh wow, good for them” and suddenly you’re questioning your timeline, your progress, and whether you somehow missed a memo everyone else got. We can be perfectly content one minute… and completely discouraged the next—just by watching someone else run past us. We don’t always realize how exhausting it is to constantly measure ourselves against others. Their milestones. Their success. Their pace. Their hi