The Broken Strong

Shame doesn’t always sound like shame. Sometimes it sounds like honesty. It tells you, “After what you’ve done, you don’t deserve to be close to God.” It tells you, “You’ve had too many chances.” It tells you, “You should know better by now.” And if you listen to it long enough, you stop running to God for help and start hiding from Him like you’re a problem He’s tired of dealing with. That’s what shame does. It doesn’t just make you feel bad. It makes you feel disqualified f

There are seasons when you don’t feel “sad” exactly. You don’t feel “mad” exactly. You just don’t feel much of anything. You still get up. You still do what you’re supposed to do. You still show up for people. You still try to pray. But inside, it’s like something went quiet. The tears won’t come. The joy won’t come. Even the anger feels tired. That kind of numbness can make you feel guilty, because you start thinking something must be wrong with you. You start wondering if y

Doing Right Does Not Guarantee An Easy Life. That’s one of the hardest lessons to accept, because deep down we want life to make sense. We want faithfulness to be rewarded quickly. We want obedience to protect us. But sometimes you can be trying your best to honor God and still find yourself hurting in ways you never expected. That kind of suffering doesn’t just bring pain. It brings confusion. It makes you question what you believed about God, what you believed about life, a