Rooted · Week 2 · Wednesday He’s Praying for You In the worst of it, the thing that got to her most was not the trouble itself. It was the feeling that she was completely on her own in it….
He’s Praying for You
Sent Into the Storm
Rooted · Week 2 · Tuesday Sent Into the Storm He did the right thing, the genuinely hard and costly right thing, and he fully expected God to bless it. Instead, everything got harder. He had made the obedient call,…
Even Jesus Grieved
Rooted · Week 2 · Monday Even Jesus Grieved He kept it together at the funeral, at the house afterward, and at work on Monday morning. He thought that was simply what a strong man was supposed to do. When…
Take Heart
Rooted · Week 2 · Sunday Take Heart Week 2. Same storm, deeper water. Last week in Rooted we learned that joy is the power to endure a trial, and that we do not get to choose the storm, only…
Rooted
Rooted · Week 1 · Saturday Recap Rooted This week we sank roots into joy, which is not happiness but the power to endure. Five Storms We watched a woman stop gripping for control and discover that a lot of…
Yet I Will Rejoice
Rooted · Week 1 · Friday Yet I Will Rejoice He lost the thing he had spent years building, and on the worst night of it, he chose to sing. Not because he felt like singing. Everything he had worked…
Keep the Line Open
Rooted · Week 1 · Thursday Keep the Line Open She had prayed about it for so long that she had quietly started to wonder if anyone was still listening. Hers was not a sudden storm. It was the long…
Talk Back to Your Soul
Rooted · Week 1 · Wednesday Talk Back to Your Soul The voice in his head had gotten cruel, and he had been believing every word of it. In the hard stretch he was walking through, a running commentary had…
Don’t Storm Alone
Rooted · Week 1 · Tuesday Don’t Storm Alone When the bottom fell out, his first instinct was to disappear. Not in a dramatic way. Just quietly. He stopped answering texts. He started finding reasons to skip church. He told…
Trust Over Control
Rooted · Week 1 · Monday Trust Over Control She called it being on top of things. Underneath, it was fear, and it had been quietly running her whole life. She managed everything. The schedule, the money, the kids’ every…