The bittersweetness of Christmas

What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. – Agnes M. Pahro Christmas – a time of lights, decorations, food, family and fun. I love spending time with my family. I love celebrating that the King of the Universe came to earth like a small, loving…

My darkness is light to You

Even my darkness is light to you. M. W. Smith   Darkness – Sometimes in life it comes like a big heavy blanket and it covers our whole life. Our hopes, our dreams, our wishes … they’re all covered in pitch black darkness. Michael W. Smith’s song challenged me today to change my perspective. My…

Embrace your “flaws”

No one would dare to look at one of Picasso’s paintings and say: Well this shape is too round or this should have been a different color. We are all unique masterpieces made by the One who created heaven and earth. He looks at you and says: Beautiful! I know it’s hard to believe this truth…

God will strengthen you

No matter what you are going through right now. You can know that it’s worth it. Cause during the bumpy ride God will strengthen you and place you on solid ground. He has all the time in the world. Don’t stress yourself. Take the time to learn. He is at work!

Dead things come alive

Jesus himself rose from the dead. He raised people from the dead. Sometimes we can feel dead inside … maybe we’re so exhausted that we don’t know how to make it through the day … maybe we haven’t listened to the signs of our body or soul and just kept going, just kept pushing ……

What keeps us going?

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer – Romans 12:12 If someone would make a survey about patience, I think we could all guess the answer. In my 28 years I haven’t met a single person stating that patience is one of their strong sides. Standing in line to wait for coffee and…

Break every chain!

I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. – John 10:10 Jesus came to give us life! He came to set us free. He came to break every chain. And yet we willingly put them back on when they’re offered to us. We fill the void that we feel…

You make brave!

So often we hear in bible studies that there is no other topic in the Bible mentioned more often than fear. “Fear not for I am with you”, “I have commanded you, be strong and courageous”. In 2. Tim 1:7 Paul states that “we have not been given a spirit of fear but of power…

The Master of Unknown Variables

So often in life I am overwhelmed by the many unknown factors. Just like a really hard math equation with x,y,z … life has so many unknown variables. And when I start to wonder what might happen in the future or whether the dreams I’ve been dreaming for so long will ever become reality, I…

Consider it pure joy …

We sing happy birthday, we celebrate happy new year and we dance to Pharell Williams’ song and clap along if we feel like a room without a roof. But what if not? What if there is nothing to be happy about. What if there is only darkness and the mountains with problems are becoming bigger…