devotions - faith for every season

The definition of grief... the complex, multifaceted emotional, physical, and psychological response to a significant loss—such as death, divorce, job loss, or illness. Grief isn’t always in the form of losing a loved one, but I think it’s one everyone can relate to. Grief caught up to me recently while I was running. Not when my legs were tired. Not when I couldn't catch my breath. But somewhere in the middle—when my body found its rhythm and my mind finally had room to wan

If abiding were on a checklist, I’d probably try to check it off in under three minutes. Pray. Read a verse. Sip a Dr. Pepper Zero Sugar. Feel holy. Move on. Except that’s not really abiding—that’s multitasking with a Bible open. Some days I wake up already tired. Not because I didn’t sleep—but because my mind is already running. The to-do list. The worries. The pressure to be productive. The feeling that if I don’t keep moving, something will fall apart. I’m really good at d

Some days it feels easier to keep your head down and mind your business. To stay quiet. To scroll past. To say, “that’s not my problem,” and keep moving. Especially when life already feels full. When you’re tired. When you don’t have the energy to care about one more thing or one more person. We're all guilty of seeing a need and immediately thinking about how inconvenient it would be to help. Sometimes I tell myself someone else will step in. Or that I don’t have enough time