Forged By Faith

Matthew 28:19 NIV The cross isn’t merely a place where we’re to come and rest. It’s a crossroads dividing who we’ve been from where we go from here. See, once Christ came and took our cross upon His shoulders, our understanding of life and how to live it changed forever. Before, making a name for ourselves made sense. It’s what everyone’s always done. To be seen. To be heard. To be noticed and known and applauded for living a way of life appreciated by the masses. But dead eyes seeing life for the very first time can’t see it that way anymore. No, on this side of a stone rolled away from a tomb we shouldn’t be able to leave behind, the only Name that matters is that of He who saved us from ourselves. Because in Him alone is found the hope we all need. And that’s why we’re called to go and make disciples, not distractions. Sadly, distractions are in fact most of what we’re seeing and receiving in this world today. People still set on serving themselves as if doing so will somehow lead t...

John 8:31 NIV This is something that has been on my mind for quite a long time. If you've been reading these posts for any length of time at all, you've probably noticed that I tend to have a lot of different things on my mind. It's kind of this weird paradox in that I don't talk as much as most do, but I think constantly. I'm always rolling something around and trying to understand or learn or decipher life and faith and the chaos that's unwinding around us. I guess my mind is making up for the work my tongue doesn't do. A while back, I had someone ask me to do something that I had maybe, kind of, not really, definitely considered. I know, confusing right? It's something that I'm definitely interested in and genuinely feel as though I may be called to do in this life. But ever since they asked, I've been grappling with this idea of what it is I'm actually doing and the reality that all of this is really more than I ever imagined it being. Bu...