Posts by Cross of Christ Secretary

The news is filled with a lot of bad . . . news. Including wars. And things brewing around the world that can escalate to further conflict. We pray for peace. We pray for those who suffer around the world. We pray for those who’ve lost loved ones and for those who are scared and…

Do your plans always work out? Yeah, right. We can plan and try and do everything we can to make it happen just as we envisioned. But life doesn’t always follow our plans. It does follow God’s plans. In the end, what God desires will prevail. Things absolutely must follow his purposes for our lives.…

People can be tough to work with. We hurt each other and get upset with each other. Sometimes it can feel like it’s easier to just do things alone. Sometimes. But we weren’t made to live life alone. We need each other. It’s better to rely on one another and support each other. Even though…

Does your love sometimes fail? Are you loved imperfectly by others? Of course. Because perfection seems impossible. Perfect, constant, unchanging, never-failing love seems impossible. We can love deeply, but not perfectly. God can. God does. His love for us never stops. Never gives up. Never slips up. Never disappoints. Never needs to apologize. God’s love…

Trees that are never under stress aren’t forced to put their roots down deep. They end up being shallow. When the winds come, they can topple the whole tree, pulled out by its roots. We want strength. We want perseverance and hope, like roots that go down deep. But it takes stress to do it.…

If you want to get into better physical shape, you work out and eat healthy. And people talk about that all the time. People don’t talk as much about our souls. About what kind of shape our character is in. And, more importantly, how to be in good shape when it comes to our souls.…

Sometimes we feel right at home. Other times, we’re kind of out of place. And it can feel that way with life in general. We’re here and comfortable with a lot of things, but it doesn’t always feel like home. Like we don’t quite belong. Like we were made for a world and life beyond…

What will happen tomorrow. Whether your job is secure. What the economy will do. What your relationships will look like years from now. We can’t predict the future. We don’t know a lot of what is ahead for us. And that’s okay. That is, when you have God and his love and his promises. It…

The you on the outside—the one everyone sees—that can be real or fake. You can act. You can pretend. You can hide. But the you on the inside—your heart—that’s what only you and God see. But it’s the real you. Don’t neglect to take care of the you inside. Take care of your heart. Invest…

It’s not always so easy to simply roll with things in life. There’s so much that doesn’t go our way. So much that’s frustrating. So much we wish was different. But sometimes (a lot of times!) we’ve just got to let it be because we can’t control it. Now, when the Bible tells us to…