Ordinary expectations point to ordinary knowledge of God.

Faith is choosing to ask for abundant blessing when you know all you deserve is abundant wrath.
great theme of the Word

I am inadequate. God is able.
"We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing."

-Psalm 39:6

Father,

I am scared to pray this, but I trust you. Ravage my heart in your fierce love so that only Christ will remain in me. I will accept all the pain it will take if I can have just a little more of you and less of me in the end.

in Jesus name,
Amen 
"Men have said that the cross of Christ was not a heroic thing, but I want to tell you that the cross of Jesus Christ has put more heroism in the souls of men than any other event in human history."

-–John G. Lake (via: anchoredinChrist4ever)

(Source: anchoredinchrist4ever)


2013: faithful in the small things
"A nail is driven out by another nail; a habit is overcome by habit."

-Erasmus

"No matter how deep the stain of your sins, I can remove it. I can make you as clean as freshly fallen snow. Even if you are stained as red as crimson, I can make you white as wool."

-Isaiah 1:18 (via savedbymercyandgrace)

"We shall not grow weary of waiting upon God if we remember how long and how graciously He once waited for us."

-C.H. Spurgeon  (via godmoves)

(Source: a-restless-wind)


Help me to believe you will turn these ashes into beauty.