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Gentleness - Part 3: When the Heat Is On
Posted on Friday, May 1, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Conflict. Nobody wants it. Everybody ends up in it anyway. Maybe it’s a conversation that started fine and went sideways. Maybe it’s that group text where someone took a shot at you. Maybe it’s a close friendship that’s been fraying for weeks and you’re both pretending it’s fine. Whatever the shape, conflict arrives — and how you respond says everything about the fruit you’re bearing. Here’s what gentleness is not: silent surrender.Gentleness - Part 2: God's Gentleness With Us
Posted on Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Have you ever stood at the edge of a cliff and felt the wind threaten to push you over? There is a version of God that would let that happen. The God who holds the oceans in His hands, who commands galaxies with a word — that God has every right to crush the fragile things that disobey Him. And yet. David wrote, “You have given me your shield; your right hand upholds me, and your gentleness made me great” (Psalm 18:35).Gentleness - Part 1: What Gentleness Is (And Why It's Not Weakness)
Posted on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Someone says something cutting. Your pulse rises. You have a retort ready — and it’s good. You could shut them down. You could win this. And part of you wants to. But you don’t. Is that gentleness? Is that what it means to be “gentle”? Not quite. Not yet. See, gentleness doesn’t begin with restraint in the heat of the moment. It begins earlier — in the quiet decision to carry your strength like a loaded weapon you choose never to fire.Faithfulness - Part 7: Faithful to the End
Posted on Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Seven days ago we started this journey through faithfulness. Maybe you came in thinking it was just about being reliable, showing up on time, keeping your word. And those things matter. But we’ve found something deeper along the way — faithfulness is about whose you are and whose you remain. God’s faithfulness is the anchor. Ours is the response. That’s the thread that runs through every day of this series. When we talk about God’s promises kept, His mercies new every morning, His covenant that never breaks — we are not talking about a God who tries hard and hopes for the best.Faithfulness - Part 6: Growing in Faithfulness
Posted on Monday, April 27, 2026 at 12:00 AM
You cannot muscle your way into faithfulness. That’s the first thing we need to get straight. You can’t wake up one morning and decide “I will be more faithful” and then simply accomplish it through sheer willpower. Faithfulness, like every other fruit of the Spirit, is fruit — it grows. You don’t manufacture fruit. You create the conditions for it, and then you wait. But here’s the good news: there are habits, practical disciplines, that create those conditions.Faithfulness - Part 5: Faithfulness Through Trials
Posted on Sunday, April 26, 2026 at 12:00 AM
There is a kind of faithfulness that only makes sense in a lion’s den. You know the story. Daniel, an exile in Babylon, was so consistently faithful to God that it made the powerful uncomfortable. So they engineered a trap - a law requiring prayer to the king alone. Daniel could have adjusted. Could have prayed more quietly, more conveniently. He could have waited out the political season. Instead, he went to his window three times a day, opened it toward Jerusalem, and prayed.Faithfulness - Part 4: Faithfulness and the Small Things
Posted on Saturday, April 25, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Faithfulness - Part 4: Faithfulness and the Small Things A text not answered. A meeting arrived at late. A commitment half-finished and quietly abandoned. These don’t make the news. They don’t show up in your calendar as a crisis. But they are exactly where faithfulness is decided. Most of us are pretty good at faithfulness in the big moments. We rise to the occasion when it’s dramatic. We show up when everyone’s watching.Faithfulness - Part 3: Faithfulness in Relationships
Posted on Friday, April 24, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I stood outside a hospital room once, watching someone I loved lie unconscious. The days that followed were brutal — and I learned quickly who my real friends were. Not the ones who sent flowers or posted prayers on social media. The ones who showed up at 6 a.m. with coffee and sat in the waiting room for hours because they’d said they would. They didn’t have to be asked twice.A Late Note on Today's Post
Posted on Friday, April 24, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I almost missed today’s post. Not for lack of care — I’ve been thinking about faithfulness all week. But life happened, the day got away from me, and I realized at 7 p.m. that today’s post wasn’t published. So this is the apology: today’s post is going up later than it should have. No good excuse. Just the ordinary way that good intentions get swallowed by busy days. The post is now live — Faithfulness Part 3: Faithfulness in Relationships.Faithfulness - Part 2: God's Faithfulness (The Foundation)
Posted on Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Yesterday we talked about what it means to be faithful — promises kept, trust honored, reliability in small things. But all of that has a foundation. And the foundation is not you. God’s faithfulness is the anchor for everything else we’re building. He Cannot Lie Numbers 23:19 is one of the most comforting verses in all of Scripture: “God is not human, that He should lie, not a human being, that He should change His mind.Faithfulness - Part 1: What Faithfulness Is (and Why It Matters)
Posted on Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I have a friend who’s terrible at responding to texts. Not in a malicious way — he just… doesn’t. He’ll read a message, think about responding later, and then never do it. It sounds small. But after the fifth time, you stop texting him anything that matters. That’s what unfaithfulness looks like in small doses. And that’s why we’re talking about it. The Word the Bible Uses Faithfulness in Greek is pistos — the same root as “faith.Goodness - Part 7: Goodness Is Active
Posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Seven days ago we started with a question: What does it mean to be good? Not good in the way the world means it — polite, successful, non-threatening. Good in the way the Bible means it: moral excellence in action, kindness that produces results, a fruit that grows from connection with God. Let me give you the version I hope you take away. What We Learned Day 1: Goodness is not passive.Goodness - Part 6: Growing in Goodness
Posted on Monday, April 20, 2026 at 12:00 AM
If you’ve been paying attention to this series, you’ve caught the theme by now: goodness isn’t something you manufacture. It’s fruit. And fruit grows. But that raises an obvious question: how? If goodness comes from connection with God, how do you actually grow in it? Is it just waiting around hoping you become a better person? No. There are specific disciplines — practices — that create the conditions for God’s Spirit to produce His fruit in you.Goodness - Part 5: Goodness as Witness
Posted on Sunday, April 19, 2026 at 12:00 AM
A woman in your neighborhood watches how you treat your husband when he’s frustrated. A coworker notices that you don’t join the complaint chorus in the break room. Your friend sees you show up — again — for someone who can’t do anything for you. And eventually, one of them asks: Why? That’s the opening. Goodness creates the opening. What Opens the Door 1 Peter 3:15-16 is one of the most practical verses in all of Scripture for this moment: “But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as always ready to give a reason for the hope that you have.Goodness - Part 4: Goodness to Strangers
Posted on Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Most of us are comfortable being good to people who look like us, live near us, believe like us. But the Bible doesn’t let us stay there. Exodus 22:21-22 is startling in its specificity: “You shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child.” The sojourner. The foreigner. The outsider. God’s people were foreigners once — captives in a land that wasn’t theirs.Goodness - Part 3: Goodness in Relationships
Posted on Friday, April 17, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The hardest place to be good is usually the closest place. You can be kind to a stranger on the street. You can smile at the barista, hold the door, drop a few dollars in the offering plate. But then you go home — or you answer that text from your brother, or you sit across from your spouse at dinner — and suddenly kindness feels impossible. The people who know us best have the most power to hurt us.Goodness - Part 2: God's Goodness With Us
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2026 at 12:00 AM
There is a phrase in Psalm 23 that never lets go: “Goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.” Not goodness and mercy came once. Not goodness and mercy waited for me at the end. They follow. Present tense. Active. Stalking me with kindness. David wrote that as an old man, looking back on a life that had included shepherd boy and fugitive, king and failure. And he said: the goodness didn’t run out.Goodness - Part 1: What Goodness Is (and How It Differs from Kindness)
Posted on Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Someone says, “He’s a good man.” It sounds like a compliment, but lately I’m not so sure what it means. Good at his job? Good to people who agree with him? Good in the way the world defines it — polite, successful, non-threatening? The world has a word for goodness. The Bible has a different one. Last week we looked at kindness — love that responds, love that reaches out, love that bends toward the hurting.Kindness - Final Reflection: Kindness Is a Decision
Posted on Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Kindness - Final Reflection: Kindness Is a Decision A week ago, you learned that kindness isn’t what the world thinks it is. Not politeness. Not niceness. Not a personality trait you either have or you don’t. Kindness is chrÄ“stotÄ“s — sweetness that does work. Kindness is God’s character reflected in how He moves toward broken, undeserving people. Kindness is truth and grace held together. Kindness is a discipline you practice when no one is watching, when it costs you something, when the other person absolutely does not deserve it.Kindness to Strangers — Bonus: The Stranger in Your Path
Posted on Monday, April 13, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Kindness to Strangers — Bonus: The Stranger in Your Path Some of the most important kindness you’ll ever practice is toward people you’ve never met. The writer of Hebrews drops this line almost casually: “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it” (Hebrews 13:2). It almost sounds like a throwaway. Oh yeah, also be nice to strangers. But the context of that verse is anything but casual.Kindness - Part 6: Growing in Kindness
Posted on Monday, April 13, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Kindness - Part 6: Growing in Kindness You can’t manufacture kindness any more than you can manufacture a peach. A peach doesn’t get produced by trying really hard to be a peach. It grows from a tree that stays connected to its root system, absorbing water, getting sunlight, doing the slow invisible work of chemistry and life. The peach is the result — not the effort. Fruit of the Spirit works the same way.Kindness - Part 5: Kindness as Witness
Posted on Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Kindness - Part 5: Kindness as Witness One of the most disarming things in the world is a person who is genuinely kind. Not performatively kind. Not “I’ll post about this later” kind. Genuinely kind — the kind that holds a door without expecting a thank-you, that speaks gently when a sharp word was earned, that does the invisible work nobody notices. Peter writes: “Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.Kindness - Part 4: Kindness and Truth
Posted on Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Kindness - Part 4: Kindness and Truth There’s a lie that floats around Christian circles: “I’m just being honest.” As if honesty is a free pass to wound. And there’s an equal and opposite lie: “I’m being kind.” As if kindness means never telling someone the truth they need to hear. Both are wrong. And both are dangerous. Kindness Without Truth Is Not Kindness If you watch someone headed toward a cliff and say nothing because you want to be “kind” — that’s not kindness.Kindness - Part 3: Kindness in Action
Posted on Friday, April 10, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Kindness - Part 3: Kindness in Action So far we’ve covered what kindness is and why we can give it. Now the harder question: what does it actually look like when you do it? Because knowing about kindness is easy. Practicing it when someone has genuinely wronged you — that’s where the fruit gets tested. Kindness Is Specific, Not Abstract James 2:15-16 cuts through the comfortable abstract: “If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,’ but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body — what does it profit?Kindness - Part 2: God's Kindness Toward Us
Posted on Thursday, April 9, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Kindness - Part 2: God’s Kindness Toward Us Here’s something most of us miss: we can’t give what we haven’t received. Paul writes in Titus 3:4 — “But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, He saved us.” The word “appeared” there is interesting. It’s plÄ“roĹŤ — to show up, to become visible, to break into the scene. God’s kindness isn’t abstract. It showed up. In Jesus.Kindness - Part 1: What Kindness Actually Is
Posted on Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Kindness - Part 1: What Kindness Actually Is We use the word “kind” so often it can feel worn out. Someone holds a door — kind. A waiter gets your order right — kind. Someone leaves a nice review — kind. The word has been flattened into something polite but ultimately shallow, a minor social courtesy that barely registers. But in the New Testament, the Greek word for kindness is chrÄ“stotÄ“s — and it’s anything but shallow.Patience - Part 7: Final Reflection — Learning to Wait Well
Posted on Tuesday, April 7, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Patience - Part 7: Final Reflection — Learning to Wait Well Seven days. That’s how long we’ve been exploring patience together. And if you’re like me, you’ve learned that patience is harder than any other spiritual discipline—because it demands something we’re terrible at: waiting. But here’s what we’ve discovered this week. What Patience Is (And Isn’t) Patience isn’t passive waiting. It’s not biting your tongue while seething inside. It’s not gritting your teeth and white-knuckling through frustration.Patience - Part 6: Growing in Patience
Posted on Monday, April 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Patience - Part 6: Growing in Patience You can’t manufacture patience. I know this because I’ve tried. I’ve told myself to “be more patient” like it’s a willpower problem. Like if I just try harder, control myself better, I’ll suddenly become a patient person. It doesn’t work. Because patience isn’t a behavior we manufacture—it’s a fruit we grow. The Difference Between Trying and Abiding Jesus makes this clear in one of His most important teachings:Patience - Part 5: Patience in Relationships
Posted on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Patience - Part 5: Patience in Relationships Someone cuts you off in traffic. Your kid has a meltdown—again. Your spouse leaves their socks on the floor for the hundredth time. Your coworker makes the same mistake they made last month. You feel it rising: that quick flash of frustration, that urge to snap, to correct, to make your point loudly. Here’s the uncomfortable truth: your patience with people reveals your heart.Patience Part 4: Enduring Suffering and Trials
Posted on Saturday, April 4, 2026 at 12:00 AM
When Patience Meets Pain “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” — James 1:2-4 (NIV) Yesterday we explored waiting on God’s timing. Today we enter harder territory: patience in suffering. Let’s be honest—some seasons don’t feel like “waiting.15 Proverbs on Patience: Wisdom for Self-Control and Gentleness
Posted on Saturday, April 4, 2026 at 12:00 AM
15 Proverbs on Patience: Wisdom for Self-Control and Gentleness In a world that celebrates quick reactions and instant responses, the book of Proverbs offers a countercultural perspective: patience is not weakness—it’s wisdom. Solomon’s ancient writings reveal that self-control, gentleness, and the ability to restrain anger are marks of true strength and understanding. Today, we explore 15 verses from Proverbs that illuminate the virtue of patience. These verses aren’t merely suggestions; they’re practical wisdom for navigating relationships, conflicts, and the daily challenges that test our temper.Patience Part 3: Waiting on God's Timing
Posted on Friday, April 3, 2026 at 12:00 AM
When You’re Waiting for God to Move “Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.” — Psalm 27:14 (NIV) If you’re reading this today, chances are you’re waiting for something. Maybe it’s healing that hasn’t come. A job that hasn’t materialized. A relationship that hasn’t been restored. A child who hasn’t returned to faith. A promise that feels delayed. Waiting is one of the most universal human experiences—and one of the most spiritually challenging.Patience - Part 2: God's Patience With Us
Posted on Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Patience - Part 2: God’s Patience With Us Think about the last time you lost your temper. Maybe it was with your kids—again. Maybe it was with a coworker who just couldn’t get it right. Maybe it was with yourself, for making the same mistake again. We’re quick to lose patience with others. But here’s a humbling truth: if God treated us the way we treat people, none of us would last a week.Patience - Part 1: What Patience Is (and What It Isn't)
Posted on Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Patience - Part 1: What Patience Is (and What It Isn’t) You’re stuck in traffic. Again. The line at the grocery store isn’t moving. Your teenager still hasn’t cleaned their room—after the fifth reminder. The email you’ve been waiting for? Still not here. Our world has trained us well: hurry up, fix it, make it happen now. We optimize, multitask, and force outcomes. Impatience isn’t just a flaw—it’s practically a virtue in modern life.Peace - Part 7: What We've Learned — And What Comes Next
Posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Peace - Part 7: What We’ve Learned — And What Comes Next Seven days ago, we began a journey through one of the most misunderstood concepts in Scripture: peace. We started by drawing a line in the sand between what the world offers and what God promises. And now, as we close this series, I want to pause and reflect on what we’ve discovered together. Because here’s the thing: peace isn’t a destination you arrive at.Peace - Part 6: Why Peace Is Good for Your Soul
Posted on Monday, March 30, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Peace - Part 6: Why Peace Is Good for Your Soul Yesterday, we explored how God’s peace sustains us through trials — how it becomes an anchor when the storms of life threaten to overwhelm us. But today, I want to pause and ask a simpler, yet profound question: Why is peace so good for your soul? What makes it worth pursuing, worth fighting for, worth surrendering to? The answer lies in understanding that peace isn’t just a nice feeling or a temporary escape from stress.Peace - Part 5: Peace That Sustains You Through Trials
Posted on Monday, March 30, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Peace - Part 5: Peace That Sustains You Through Trials Life doesn’t stop being difficult just because you’ve found peace in Christ. If anything, committing your life to God can sometimes feel like the storms intensify. Bills pile up. Relationships fracture. Health fails. Grief crashes in like a wave you didn’t see coming. And you’re left wondering: Where is God’s peace now? Here’s the truth that changed everything for me: God’s peace was never promised as an escape from storms.Peace - Part 4: Being a Peacemaker in Your Relationships
Posted on Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Peace in Relationships — Being a Peacemaker Yesterday, we explored finding peace in the midst of anxiety and worry—learning that God’s peace guards our hearts when we bring our concerns to Him in prayer. But peace isn’t just an internal state; it flows outward into every relationship we have. Today, we turn our attention to being peacemakers in our interactions with others. The Peacemaker’s Blessing Jesus declared, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” (Matthew 5:9).Peace - Part 3: Peace in the Midst of Anxiety and Worry
Posted on Friday, March 27, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Peace in the Midst of Anxiety and Worry It’s 2:47 AM. Your eyes are wide open. The house is quiet, but your mind is anything but. The to-do list for tomorrow keeps scrolling like a ticker tape: the bills due, the meeting you’re not ready for, the doctor’s appointment you’re dreading, the kids’ needs, the work deadline, the relationship tension. Your chest feels tight. Your thoughts race faster than you can catch them.Peace - Part 2: How to Apply God's Peace in Daily Life
Posted on Thursday, March 26, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Peace - Part 2: How to Apply God’s Peace in Daily Life Yesterday, we explored the stark contrast between the world’s peace and God’s peace. The world offers circumstantial calm—peace that crumbles when storms arrive. But God’s peace is different. It’s supernatural, steadfast, and available to you right now, regardless of your circumstances. So how do we move from knowing about God’s peace to actually living in it? How do we apply this divine gift to our messy, complicated daily lives?Peace - Part 1: The World's Peace vs God's Peace
Posted on Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Peace - Part 1: The World’s Peace vs God’s Peace “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” — John 14:27 (NIV) Two Definitions of Peace We use the word “peace” constantly. But what does it actually mean? The answer depends on who you ask. How the World Defines Peace The world’s peace is essentially the absence of conflict.Living in Joy: A Final Reflection
Posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2026 at 6:30 AM
We’ve spent time together exploring what the Bible teaches us about joy. Not the world’s version — fragile, circumstance-dependent, here-today-gone-tomorrow. But the joy Jesus spoke of. The joy that Paul wrote about from a Roman prison. The joy that survives suffering, loss, uncertainty, and still stands. Now the question becomes: What do we do with this? What We Learned Here are the truths we’ve uncovered: Joy is not happiness. Happiness says, “I’m glad because things are good.The Joy of Salvation
Posted on Sunday, March 22, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Day 5: The Joy of Salvation “Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory.” — 1 Peter 1:8 (ESV) When the World Shakes This morning, the news is filled with ultimatums. A 48-hour deadline. Threats to “obliterate” power plants. Counter-threats to destroy energy infrastructure across the Middle East.Joy: Day 3 - Choosing Joy in Suffering
Posted on Friday, March 20, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Joy: Day 3 - Choosing Joy in Suffering “About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.” — Acts 16:25 (NIV) The Scene Let’s be clear about what’s happening here. Paul and Silas aren’t in a nice hotel. They’re not worshiping from a comfortable pew on a Sunday morning. They’re in a Roman prison — beaten, bloodied, chained, in the inner dungeon, feet fastened in stocks.Joy in the Darkness: Iranian Christians Choose Hope Amid War
Posted on Friday, March 20, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Joy in the Darkness: Iranian Christians Choose Hope Amid War “We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame.” — Romans 5:3-5 (ESV) The News This week, as military strikes rocked Iran and the supreme leader was killed, something remarkable happened in the underground church. According to Christianity Today’s reporting, despite near-total internet blackouts and satellite TV blocks, messages from Iranian Christians began slipping through to diaspora ministries.Joy: Day 2 - The Joy of the Lord Is Your Strength
Posted on Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Joy: Day 2 - The Joy of the Lord Is Your Strength “Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” — Nehemiah 8:10 (NIV) The Context: A People Rebuilding To understand this verse, we need to understand the moment. The Israelites had returned from 70 years of exile in Babylon. They came home to Jerusalem in ruins — walls broken down, gates burned, the temple destroyed. Everything their ancestors had built was gone.Joy: A Deep Delight in the Gospel
Posted on Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Joy: A Deep Delight in the Gospel “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.” — Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV) What Joy Is Not Before we understand what biblical joy is, we need to clear away some common misconceptions. 1. Joy Is Not the Same as Happiness We often use these words interchangeably, but they’re not synonyms. Happiness is typically spontaneous — a response to something that happens to us.Joy: The First Day - A Different Kind of Happy
Posted on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Joy: The First Day - A Different Kind of Happy “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” — Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV) The World’s Joy vs. God’s Joy We live in a world obsessed with happiness. Scroll through social media for five minutes and you’ll see it everywhere: #blessed captions over perfect sunsets, carefully curated vacation photos, milestone celebrations, and the endless pursuit of “living your best life.Brighter Days - A Song of Hope When You Need It Most
Posted on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Brighter Days - A Song of Hope When You Need It Most “Weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.” — Psalm 30:5 (NIV) There are songs that entertain. And then there are songs that minister. “Brighter Days (feat. Mallory Be.)” is one of those songs that finds you exactly when you need it — not by accident, but by divine appointment. When Music Becomes Ministry We’ve all been there.Restored and Redeemed: When Jesus Asked Peter 'Do You Love Me?' Three Times
Posted on Friday, March 13, 2026 at 7:33 AM
“When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?’ ‘Yes, Lord,’ he said, ‘you know that I love you.’ Jesus said, ‘Feed my lambs.’” — John 21:15 The Story Unfolds Picture the scene: The resurrection has happened. Jesus has appeared to his disciples multiple times. But now, on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, something profound is about to take place.Loving the Unlovable: When Family Becomes Your Enemy
Posted on Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Loving the Unlovable: When Family Becomes Your Enemy Can we really love people who’ve hurt us? Even when they’re family? The Hardest Command Jesus gave us the most difficult command in all of Scripture: “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you” (Luke 6:27-28) But He didn’t say “love strangers who hate you.” He didn’t say “love people you’ve never met.