Make no mistake, the need is great. But I believe our opportunity is greater.

But you can’t miss Lenya’s gravesite. Because they take food coloring and draw pictures with it, splash color all over it, just to remember that in the midst of extreme pain, we can still choose to write on top of it whatever we want.

To follow Jesus, literally step one means to eradicate the “my truth” from your life. My desires I have to put to death. My wants, my happiness are not my driving force. God’s promise is that as I die to “my truth,” I day by day begin forming my life, my identity into His truth and His will.

This lie will keep you out of love, out of hope, out of relationships that matter. We have to learn how to fix a factor in the equation without blowing up the concept of “math.” Nobody would go to a restaurant and have a bad experience and say, “A’ight. No more food for me, ever.” Food is not the issue. Where you pick to eat the food is. Wisdom

can do to overcome it is “call for backup.” The moment we talk about what scares us, it begins to lose its power on our lives. Sometimes all we need is another set of eyes on a situation to remind us that we can get through anything. Those who walk alone, fall alone. But those who surround themselves with strength are always strengthened. Choose a

Living with purpose is a mentality. We can achieve our purpose in any scenario if we trust the plan and who created the plan in the first place.

I love the stretch of road in life where you can gooooooo. We all do. But it’s just not realistic to think that we can live for those moments in our journey. We have to be able to slow down, take it all in, enjoy what’s around, because most of our journey that matters is going to take a while.

Sure, I have heard it before. But there is something about current need that plays into urgent receptivity.

It’s your right to exercise this same principle in your life. But like all rights, it means nothing unless exercised.