Ally | You Are More

I think when we get to heaven, the places we served in secret will actually be what prompts Jesus to say, “Well done. Remember when you took the time to listen and love that person? That’s the day you helped change the world.”

We can lay in bed with a soundtrack of fear and worry playing in our head, or we can drift off to sleep listening to music that will remind our souls how near, how faithful, and how good our God is. Worship lifts our thoughts to a place where worry can no longer reach us.

Let's turn to God tonight and place our burdens in His hands. Place our trust in His heart. And place our hope in His absolute faithfulness to keep the promises He's made. Hebrews 10:23, "Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful."

Unmet expectations and longings are tough on the human heart. What our souls are truly longing for, though, is more of God. His best is the only source of true satisfaction. He is the only answer to our every desire. And we can trust that He’s got a good plan for good things.

There is a favorite story I like to tell myself. It’s the one about how my life should turn out. But in the end I’ve discovered - I would have never been brave enough to write it as messy and marvelous as God. So, I’m choosing to take His hand and simply live it.

Prayers don’t have to be tidy to be heard. Pray and just pour it all out to God. He’s safe. You can be messy and messed up and mad as you just get it all out. Trust He is good. And He is working this out even when you can’t see it or understand it.

Sorrow & celebration can coexist together in our hearts. We can sit with & tend to all that needs to be healed & at the same time laugh, plan, & declare this a glorious day. To have both isn’t denial. It’s deeming life a gift - even if it looks nothing like we thought it would.