"Your enemy is defeated..." The enemy came to taunt me and said, “You are too old.” But God came and reminded me. He said, “I will use you and make you bold.” The enemy came to mock me. And said, “God has forgotten you.” But Jesus came and told me. “Those are lies, remember the truth.” The enemy tried to tell me: “You’re past your dreams and prime.” God said: “No, don’t believe him!” “I will still use you, and we are right on time!” The enemy tried to hinder me. A

"Who is the person behind the mask...?" She looked up from the table of food she was so artfully arranging, her beautiful and piercing blue eyes catching my attention. Noticing her half-dyed, vibrant blue hair and the faint mustache growing, I asked her name while introducing myself. Unsure if “Georgie” was a girl transitioning to a guy or a guy transitioning to a girl, I determined just to be Jesus’s heart in that moment. I asked simple questions about her life, genuinely in

"The bright red coat caught my eye first..." A flash of red caught the corner of my eye from my chair on the screened-in porch. Looking up from my book, I watched a pair of cardinals flitter from tree branches to the pond and back again. “Did the vibrant male cardinal and its duller-coated female have a nest nearby? Or was this a courting dance for the pair?” I wondered. Now intrigued, I raised my eyes to the distant garden bed and gasped with delight as several iridescent