Scripture tells us that when we look at creation, we know there’s a Creator. (Romans 1:20) Maybe that’s why I love traveling and seeing new places.... the canyons, the mountains, the sunsets, every bit of it reveals the creativity and beauty of God’s work. Recently, after a walk, I sat in my car and just stared at a tree. Its leaves were turning yellow and falling off the branches. It looked like everything was changing... even dying... and yet it was so beautiful. I realized

“‘Then I passed by you and saw you kicking about in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, “Live!”’” Ezekiel 16:6 Ezekiel 16 paints a vivid and heartbreaking picture of God’s love story with His people. It’s not the kind of love story we’d expect. ..it begins in abandonment, moves through rescue, and ends in betrayal. Yet even in betrayal, it reveals the shocking depth of God’s grace. God describes Israel as a helpless baby, unwanted and left to die.

Sometimes life feels like being in a wave pool. There are moments when one big wave hits, and you catch your breath, but other times... it feels like wave after wave, crashing one right after another. You try to stand, but the current pulls; you reach for air, but before you recover, another wave comes. I’ve had those moments where life felt like too much. The bills, the waiting, the health scares, the losses... all piling up like waves that just won’t stop. But I’ve learned