#faith

Scripture: Proverbs 19:21

At the time, rejection felt personal and painful. Only later did I realize it wasn't denial—it was direction. What I thought I was losing wasn't part of God's plan, and what came next was something I never could have imagined asking for.

Scripture: Romans 8:38-39

Growing up without love taught me to believe I was unworthy of it. This chapter reflects on how absence shaped my identity, how that belief followed me into relationships and faith, and how I am still learning to unlearn it.

Scripture: John 10:10

For most of my childhood, I didn't know there was a difference between surviving and living. It wasn't until I became homeless at seventeen that I realized how much of my life had been about endurance, not experience.

Scripture: Isaiah 30:18

I don't need tomorrow to prove anything to me anymore. I just need to stay open enough to receive it when it arrives.

Scripture: Psalm 90:12

Some seasons don't demand action—they invite attention. This chapter reflects on listening, noticing patterns, and allowing clarity to unfold without urgency.

A new year always asks the same quiet question: What will you keep showing up for? This is why support matters here—at the start, not the end.

This story exists because time, energy, and space were made for it. Support doesn't buy content—it protects the quiet needed to keep writing the next chapter.

Scripture: James 1:4

Growth doesn't require constant intensity. This chapter reflects on learning to stay consistent without urgency, trusting steady progress over forced transformation.

Scripture: Luke 16:10

Not every day carries clarity or emotion. This chapter reflects on discovering faith in routine—where belief is practiced quietly, without urgency or drama, and trust is built through steady presence.

Scripture: Proverbs 24:16

Failure once felt final to me. Over time, faith reshaped how I saw falling—not as disqualification, but as an invitation to rise with humility, and renewed trust in God's grace.

Scripture: Galatians 6:9

Growth doesn't always feel dramatic. This chapter reflects on quiet progress, steady direction, and the encouragement found in recognizing how far I've already come.

Scripture: Micah 6:8

I used to believe faith meant managing outcomes carefully and faithfully. Over time, I learned that faith doesn't eliminate responsibility—but it does redefine what was never mine to control.

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:7

Not every day feels like growth. This chapter reflects on the quiet fear, exhaustion, and doubt that surface when transformation feels invisible—and the choice to keep going anyway.

Scripture: Psalm 34:18

There were seasons where faith didn't feel uplifting—it felt heavy. This chapter reflects on spiritual exhaustion, carrying belief through grief and loss, and learning that staying honest with God mattered more than staying strong.

Scripture: Psalm 46:10

After loss, the instinct to escape can be strong. This chapter reflects on learning to stay present with discomfort, resisting distraction, and discovering that growth sometimes happens through stillness rather than motion.

Scripture: Psalm 46:10

There came a point where trusting God didn't mean trying harder—it meant loosening my grip. This chapter reflects on learning when to act, when to wait, and how faith grows when control is finally released.

Scripture: Matthew 5:4

Growth is often celebrated, but rarely is its cost acknowledged. This chapter reflects on the quiet losses that accompany becoming—and the faith required to trust God when letting go hurts.

Scripture: Galatians 6:9

Faith didn't fail when I felt exhausted—it adapted. This chapter reflects on perseverance, not as strength or certainty, but as the quiet decision to keep showing up even when belief felt worn thin.

Scripture: Proverbs 15:18

Fatherhood has a way of revealing how much patience I thought I had—and how much more I still need. This chapter reflects on learning restraint, choosing calm, and understanding that leadership at home often begins with silence.

Scripture: Micah 7:8

There are seasons when the future doesn't look like a destination — it looks like fog. And maybe vision isn't about seeing far ahead, but about trusting the next step enough to take it.

Scripture: Mark 9:24

Doubt once felt like failure, something to hide or pray way. Over time, I learned that questioning wasn't the opposite of faith—it was part of growing a faith strong enough to stay.

Scripture: Luke 16:10

Fatherhood redefines responsibility—from obligation to intentional love. This chapter reflects on the unseen choices, quiet sacrifices, and steady commitments that shape trust, character, and the lives entrusted to our care.

Scripture: Isaiah 49:15-16

There was a moment in my childhood when life stopped feeling uncertain and started feeling dangerous. This is where survival became my language.

Scripture: James 1:19

I didn't lose her because I didn't care—I lost her because I reacted before I paused. This chapter reflects on the cost of urgency, the wisdom of restraint, and the faith required to choose silence over instinct.

Scripture: Isaiah 30:21

Faith doesn't always arrive with clarity or comfort. Sometimes God is quiet—not absent, but close—asking us to keep walking without reassurance and to trust His presence even when we can't feel it.

Scripture: 1 John 3:18

Fatherhood is shaped less by milestones and more by moments. This chapter reflects on the quiet power of presence—learning when to lead, when to listen, and how showing up consistently leaves a deeper imprint than perfection ever could.

Scripture: Lamentations 2:22-23

Tomorrow has always felt fragile to me — like something easily stolen by disappointment. But lately, I'm learning that the future doesn't need my certainty. It only needs my willingness to keep showing up.

Scripture: Philippians 1:6

Becoming doesn't wait until everything is healed or resolved. It unfolds quietly in the middle—while questions remain unanswered and growth feels slow. This chapter is not about arrival, but about honoring the process God is still writing.

Scripture: Proverbs 16:9

Faith didn't arrive as certainty—it arrived as persistence. Looking back, I'm beginning to recognize God's hand not in the obvious moments, but in the quiet redirections that kept my story moving forward.

Scripture: Proverbs 22:6

Fatherhood didn't come with clarity or confidence—it came with responsibility, reflection, and a quiet kind of faith. This chapter explores the weight, the growth, and the unseen lessons that come from choosing to show up every day as a father still becoming.

Scripture: Matthew 18:10

These are the memories from the years before my world changed—the first hints of innocence, chaos, and a childhood already bending under weights I didn't understand.

Scripture: Psalm 34:18

A childhood defined by pain did not harden me. It shaped my kindness, deepened my compassion, and taught me to become the person I needed when no one showed up for me.