"I could feel hot, salty tears coming down my face. I sat and cried silently... I was scrunching myself up against the wall as far as I could. All of a sudden, someone from behind us taps on the guy’s shoulder..."
"You see, God could have shown up in my marriage. He could have prevented my divorce. He could have heard my relentless pleas. But, He allowed my husband to exert free will."
Explore the differences between faith vs. religion, how they shape spiritual experiences, and why understanding these distinctions matters for personal growth.
When I find myself within the scorching furnace of suffering, when I’m being swallowed by the leviathan of suffering, my trials don’t seem like what it says in the light momentary affliction verse.
Heartbreak dares us to let God be enough and healing from heartbreak dares us to depend on His enough-ness. But, how does God heal a broken heart? It's a beautiful process.
Landen loves life and Jesus! After his traumatic fall at the Mall of America, he tells people when they get hurt, "don’t worry, I fell off a cliff, but Angels caught me and Jesus loves me, so I’m ok and you will be too!”
"I don't want to miss those open doors because I was afraid to walk through them. But I also don't want to take every opportunity that comes along, assuming it is from God's hand and has his blessings attached."