When God has already won the victory… why do I even need to bother to fight? Exploring the place of training and battles in a war that’s already been won.

A personal journey of faith, rest and freedom found in Christ
When God has already won the victory… why do I even need to bother to fight? Exploring the place of training and battles in a war that’s already been won.
To give up or start over? When things don’t go as expected… then what?
A little step can sometimes be a very big thing. Today I stepped onto a stage for the first time in a year, and it felt like I had climbed a mountain…
Everyone makes these amazing New Year’s Resolution lists, or better yet, the “Word from the Lord.” I’ve never been able to parse it down to one word… until this year.
Today I’m writing from my summer “office” – a place with no walls, bordered by aspens whose leaves sound like music in the wind; we call it the ‘wifi tree’ as this corner of the bush is the only place around with semi-reliable connectivity and I haul a lawn chair, water bottle and laptop out …
All my picture-perfect plans were laid to waste before it even began. How was I going to make it through this season?
Courage is doing something scared. But you know what? The more you do it, the less scary it gets. Kind of like strength training – what once was so hard becomes easier with training. Courage is a muscle.