What I Wish You Knew About Praying for an Addict

I was the person people were praying for. I didn't know it at the time. But those prayers were doing something I couldn't see — and there are things I wish the pray-ers had known.

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You Are Not What You Did

Shame says you are the worst thing you've ever done. The gospel says something different — and learning to believe it is one of the hardest parts of recovery.

The Stillness Before the Storm

In the quiet moments before life rushes in, there is a sacred space where God meets us. Learning to linger there changes everything about how we face the day ahead.

Rooted in the Word: Why Daily Scripture Matters

The discipline of daily scripture reading isn't about checking a box. It's about positioning your heart to hear from the living God — especially when your past tried to silence Him.

Grace in the Ordinary

We spend so much time looking for God in the extraordinary that we miss Him in the mundane. For someone in recovery, the ordinary is where the miracle lives.

When Doubt Becomes a Doorway

Doubt is not the opposite of faith. It is the honest soil in which a deeper, more resilient faith takes root — especially when you have seen the darkest parts of yourself.

Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.Psalm 46:10 (ESV)