Tag: Christianity

• Get Up

  Proverbs 24:16, “For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again, But the wicked will stumble in calamity.

  Getting back up is hard. It’s extremely hard. I mean, what do you do when you wake up in the morning and the day before was a total flop? These are some of the things that have been banging around in my head for the past few days.

  But the thing not to do is to beat yourself up about it. Then it’s a lose lose. If we are supposed to love others as we love ourselves, it’s not exactly in our favor to kick ourselves while we’re down. The thing to do is to accept God’s love, mercy, and grace, and know that God fully anticipates the fact that we will fall (not that that necessarily has to mean sin).

  A righteous man may fall seven times, but the wicked stumbles. It’s like the wicked is trying desperately to avoid what he has coming. A righteous man, however, accepts his fate, learns, grows, and gets back up.

  So what are you waiting for?

  Get up!

  November 8, 2025

  Christianity, Hope, Jesus, Perseverance, Proverbs, Righteous

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• Bravery and a Coin Toss

  Have you ever come to an important decision where you could truly go either way? That’s how I felt today. I was faced with a very big decision — and I was torn, even on the peace I felt from God.

  As I knelt in prayer, it felt like a coin toss in my soul — a 50/50 offer to the Holy Spirit to lead the way. Part of me was excitedly curious, and the other part was terrified. And in my soul’s eyes, mid-air, it was as if God grabbed the coin, smiled, and said, “Why don’t you just be brave?”

  I felt more than peace — I felt an unexpected freedom. How many authoritative figures in our lives set the stakes on decisions and hold us at a metaphorical gunpoint over the outcome? Yet in that moment, on my knees before God, I felt the freedom to fail. If it all goes sideways — if the ship sinks — if I go a direction knowing it may not go as planned — at least I’ll always be able to look back and know I showed bravery in the face of risk and the unknown.

  Because after all, why leave fate to a coin toss when you can grab the coin mid-air and run?

  November 1, 2025

  Bravery, Christianity, Growth, Jesus Christ, Prayer, Reflection, Unkonwn

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• Sleep and Sacrifice

  For over a month now, I’ve been committing to at least 7–8 hours of sleep a night. It’s been incredible—and frankly, life-changing. The problem is that it’s also a constraint that’s preventing a good amount of work from being accomplished.

  Someone recently made the point to me that “death to self” includes sacrificing sleep much of the time. However, I’m adopting the perspective that God gave me this body with a need for a certain amount of sleep, and getting 8 hours isn’t fleshly—it’s God’s design and creation. It’s simply a constraint I’m meant to work within.

  I also don’t have kids, so…

  We’ll see how much my perspective changes then.

  October 25, 2025

  Christianity, Discipline, Sacrifice, Sleep

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• The Ultimate Pendulum

  John 3:30 — “He must increase, but I must decrease.”

  It’s a pendulum, and it can only swing one direction at a time. Either Jesus is increasing and I’m decreasing, or it’s the other way around. What fascinates me about this is the question: what if God has called me to build or create something? Isn’t expression the act of exuding oneself? Is it possible to let Jesus increase in my life by embracing who He’s made me to be and simply going for it?

  There are so many practical things I still want to figure out. I want to learn how to walk, talk, think, build, and refine the way Jesus wants me to. To let Him increase in my life as He works through me in the way He chooses.

  Ultimately, God has already given us countless commands in His Word to obey. And honestly, that’s enough. In striving to obey, we’ll feel the flesh dying while we sense Jesus rising up in all kinds of situations.

  Let’s commit to this pendulum.
  Let’s let Him increase a hundredfold.

  October 18, 2025

  Christianity, Devotional, Humility, Jesus, John

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• Changing Lives

  We have the capacity to change lives.

  Sometimes it takes nothing more than a smile, a kind word, an encouragement—or maybe something bolder and more direct. The opportunity is always there. So why don’t we take it?

  This has been my prayer: I want to change lives. I want to take life by the reins and say, “God, go for it. Give me the words. Give me the thoughts. Give me the Scriptures. Give me everything I need to change one person at a time for the better.”

  And that’s exactly what God has been doing—day in and day out. It’s wild. It’s fun. It’s work. It’s effort. It’s joy. It’s everything I’ve wanted—not just to hope I’m making a difference, but to actually see it unfolding every day.

  And this is only the beginning. I know it.

  October 11, 2025

  Christianity, Gospel, Hope, Transformation

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