you will find rest.

Pain & sorrow is a very very real thing.
That reality should never go unnoticed.
For some, these pains & aches are all they know.
For some, these are new wounds
and for others, sorrows are quickly approaching on the horizon.

I've seen so many suffering brothers and sisters. I've sat with them, I've listened to their stories of tragedy and it pains my soul. It is a discomforting reality to experience for oneself and especially to watch someone experiencing it.

I've experienced it & you've experienced it too.
To us all, we are being called:

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls." | Matthew 11:28-29 

The Almighty God who reigns over all things, is beckoning you to come. Listen, go to Jesus as you are - whatever that is at the moment. He wants you to simply show up and lay all your brokenness, all your burdens, all your anxiousness, and all your mess at his feet. Jesus desires to come alongside you and bear your heaviness and deep sufferings with you. And we are promised to find rest with him.

His gaze is upon you and it will not leave. His love is fixated on you and He is patiently waiting to win your heart and heal your wounds. 

hope & prayers sent to you. 

risky business

Then the time came when the risk it took to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom | Anais Nin 

Is this not so beautifully and accurately articulated?!

Something stirred within my being as I read this through and through - My heart moved me to respond. 

There is something so very real about this – risk.

It takes RISK in both remaining stagnant and RISK in causing movement.

Risk is risky – there’s not much else to it. One must choose which risk is most worth it.

God risked his only Son, Jesus. This was a risky move on God’s part, however He knew that it was for the betterment of all mankind – it was a risk worthy of taking. Not risking His Son would be a risk as well. He knew that this would cause more pain and more devastation than it would do well for all whom He loves and created. And so, He chose the Greater Risk.

We must follow suit. 

One | weigh the risks

Two | RISK

Three | watch beauty blossom

Everything beautiful requires risk. It takes risk to love someone. It takes risk to follow Jesus. It takes risk to speak in front of people. It takes risk to get out of bed everyday. It takes risk to speak truth. 

There is beauty in risk and “every experience of beauty points to eternity” | Hans Urs von Balthasar

It is my prayer that we risk more but not merely for the sake of risking; instead, may we risk on behalf of the greater good, for the greater purpose. May we not risk in vain but with great consideration and with purpose. And may we always risk with love written on our hearts, always remembering the Great Risk that God made because of His love for us all.

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