CHRISTIE MICHAUD BLOG

If you're still breathing, then you've made it through hard things. Take a moment and remember what you've made it through. Maybe this hard thing seems bigger than any you've gone through before. No matter what, you have made it through hard things, therefore, you can do hard things.

What if the “get up” Jesus is speaking of is to “pick up your mat” and the faith produced from that action will lead to walking (more faith and becoming well)?

What if by dwelling on the hard, longing for the past, or wishing for or fearing the future, we are missing what he is doing in the present? 

What struggle are you facing today? What emotions are you experiencing? Are you in need of direction? Consider praying through a Psalm and personalize it for you and your situation.

Disappointment occurs when expectations (of others or of ourselves) go unmet. In other words, we believe that ourselves, another person, a group of people, or an event should do or produce something specific and if it does not, disappointment results.

As I reflect on 2023, this picture comes to mind: I’m sitting in the stands at a football game of my college alma mater and as the 4th quarter approaches, both students and players raise one hand with four fingers high in the air. A reminder to the team and our rival that the game was not over, we would not lose momentum and we would finish strong. Hebrews 12:1-2 ...let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race tha