Tag Archives: mercy

My grace is sufficient

I walk a weird line. It’s a line between secret pride and acute feelings of inadequacy. A line between reveling in the accolades of others and succumbing to the voices inside of me that hiss about my unworthiness, my unlovability, and my hopeless pursuit of wholeness. It’s a line that feels like the edge of [...]

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holding everything together

Today, I have been wondering about God’s will for me. His plan for today and tomorrow and the rest of my time on this earth. It isn’t a new curiosity or question, but every season of life brings new context and new angles to consider. I’m being reminded of how impatient I can be. For [...]

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Rescue

I’m struck tonight by how little I am able to control the stuff of life. I try and pretend that I have some measure of strength or courage…something that I bring to the table. I’m feeling now, though, that pretty much the only thing I can control is my response. How I react. Whether in [...]

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Never Lost From You

Here’s where I am today. Unfinished, but hopeful. The chorus lyrics about bruised reeds and smoldering fires comes from Isaiah 42:3. NEVER LOST FROM YOU ©2012 David Cosand I’m broken A shattered array Jagged pieces That You’re putting into place I don’t know Where all of me has gone but You do I’m torn My [...]

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