Category: prayer
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When Heaven Meets the Heart
This week has been one of those weeks where heaven feels near, and yet, the battle feels fierce. I’ve spent so much time in prayer, just drawing closer to the heart of God, and I’ve realized something so true. When we start leaning in deeper to Christ, the enemy starts…
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When You Don’t Know How to Pray
Today has been one of those days where prayer has felt confusing. I’ve found myself sitting in silence, not really knowing what words to say. My heart feels full, yet my thoughts feel scattered. I’ve been asking God not just for answers, but for help even in knowing how to…
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Trusting His Character
Yesterday I shared about the heavy burdens I’ve been carrying and how God has been gently reminding me to surrender. To lay it all down instead of trying to fix or figure it all out on my own. The part my mind keeps circling back to is once we’ve surrendered,…
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We Don’t Have to Carry It All
Lately, I’ve found myself carrying some heavy burdens. Things that have been quietly (and sometimes not so quietly) stealing my peace and taking up so much space in my mind and heart. They’ve been the kind of burdens that sit with you when you through the night and follow you…
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Living In An Answered Prayer
We live in a world where everyone says, “Trust the wait; good will come.” It’s easy to repeat those words, but much harder to truly live them out. Lately, I’ve been realizing that I am actually living in an answered prayer. Not long ago, I couldn’t do school, couldn’t work,…
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Choosing Worship This Side of Eternity
There is something sacred about worshiping Jesus here and now—this side of eternity. Unlike in heaven, where our worship will flow naturally, effortless and overflowing as we behold His beauty fully, here we are called to choose Him deliberately. Every act of worship—every prayer, every song, every quiet moment of…
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The Long Night, and the Morning After
It’s been nearly 17 months of being unwell—and now, at last, the sun is starting to shine again. Back in 2018, I got a tick bite. A friend helped remove it, and we didn’t think much of it at the time. Everything seemed fine. Then, in 2019, on my first…
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Unvoiced Prayers
I’ve often heard people say that tears are prayers too, and I believe this to be true. There have been moments when I’ve wept, my eyes heavy with sorrow, unable to summon words to speak. Yet there are other times when the tears refuse to fall, and my heart aches…
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