God is no stranger to pain. When you cry to Him, He isn’t looking down on you and saying, “Here we go again.” He’s leaning down, feeling every tear of betrayal, anxiety, and grief that you are crying, and saying “I know. I remember. I know.”
“Our God is a god of righteousness, of power, and of might. He orders for us to drop our swords and instead, He picks them up and charges into battle for us. No one is stronger. No one is braver. No one is kinder. No one is more loving nor more protective. So, when you are awake in the dead of night, a war battling in your mind, take heart. He has already won.”
— a.k. | reminders for trying times, messy brains, and beating hearts. (via shepraises)
“The promise of love and grace in our lives is this: Our worst day isn’t bad enough, and our best day isn’t good enough. We’re invited because we’re loved, not because we earned it.”
“The number of hours we have together is actually not so large. Please linger near the door uncomfortably instead of just leaving. Please forget your scarf in my life and come back later for it.”
— Mikko Harvey, from “For M,” Foundry (no. 9, September 2018)
“Relax wild one. It’s not your job to be everything everyone needs, and you don’t have to be impressive to be loved. Stop trying so hard. Just show up … and be real with the world. That is enough.”