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Ice cream on a hot day. A kiss from the one you love. A birthday. An amazing sunset. A hike along the lake. There are those moments that are just so good. They’re from God, the Father in heaven. Proof that he’s good. That he gives really good gifts. And he gives them to you…

Patiently listening and really trying to understand. Getting up to help a sick child in the middle of the night. Visiting in the hospital. Defending those can’t stand up for themselves, even if it means you’re ridiculed. It can be pretty tough. Pretty exhausting. Love isn’t always easy. But sacrifice for someone else is beautiful….

Is that how you’re feeling? Pretty messed up? Judged? Not good enough? Here’s some good news. Even though he isn’t messed up at all, Jesus isn’t judging you. He’s compassionate. He gets that it’s tough. He makes you okay. His perfection isn’t there to make you feel inferior. It’s there to be what you need….

Life has its ways of tossing us about, like a little ship on a stormy sea. Every soul needs an anchor to hold us fast and keep us safe. Jesus calmed stormy seas. He also saves and calms our restless souls. Hope in him will never disappoint. Hope in him makes you firm and secure….

Don’t let it make you defeated. Frustrations don’t define you and they’re not the end of the story. Jesus faced frustrations—tons of them. He gets what it’s like. He promises to work through them, to give you something better. Frustrations are tough, but they don’t get the final say. Jesus does. “I consider that our…

When someone gives you a gift, you don’t have to say, “You shouldn’t have.” You don’t need to get them something in return as if you now owe them. They just wanted to do something nice for you. Just receive it with gratitude, and say, “Thank you.” Same with God. He gives you sunshine, your…