Thursday, March 26, 2026

Be merciful

 Reflecting on Luke 6:35-36

"But love your enemies, do good
to them, and lend to them without
expecting to get anything back...
be merciful, just as your Father
is merciful"

Luke 6:35-36: But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

Not finished

 God is not finished with your story
and what feels like an ending right 
now is actually a page turn into a 
higher flow of life and a happier
destiny. I know it doesn't feel like it
when you're in the middle of it, but
the seasons that hurt the most are
the ones that grow us the most.
They also carry the most meaning
because there is deeper spiritual
purpose to it all and the greatest
miracles also follow great
challenges. So let your faith restore
your peace and know that God
hears you and is helping you shift 
into a new possibility, more aligned
with who you truly are and what 
you truly value. The best of your
story is ahead, and you have no
idea how beautiful it will be.

~Stephen Sainato

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Needed this today

 You needed this today. It's not by accident.

See Proverbs 3:5-6

Everything is going to be alright.
Stop burdening yourself with worries. If
it's God's will, it will happen and nothing
can stop it.
If it's not, He has something better
prepared for you. Have peace in that.
Not once in the Bible does it say to worry,
stress, or figure it all out alone.
But over and over it says: Trust God. 
God is bigger than all your fears and 
uncertainties. His plans are always greater
and more bountiful than your
disappointments.
When God is all you have, you have all
you need. He's holding you together.

Proverbs 3:5-6: Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make straight your paths.

Tithes

 From Salt & Light

Let's talk about tithes.

This might be uncomfortable, but it needs to be said.

Giving is biblical.
Honoring God with what we have is real.
But pressure, guilt, and fear? That's not from God.

The Bible never teaches us to give out of fear of lack.
It teaches us to give from a willing and surrendered heart.

Yes, tithing existed in the Old Testament.
But in the New Testament, the focus shifted --
not to a fixed percentage,
but to cheerful, intentional generosity.

God is not asking you to give what you don't have.
He's not honored by forced obedience or anxious giving.

He cares about your heart.
He cares about your needs.
And He sees your faith, even in the little.

So if you're struggling right now, hear this clearly:
You are not less faithful because you can't give much.
And you are not more loved because you gave more.

Give because you trust Him.
Give because you love Him.
Give as He leads you, not as people pressure you.

Because real giving isn't measured by amount --
it's measured by the heart behind it.

Chosen

 By June D. Gaylo

Imagine being chosen by God for a love
that would break you open.

Imagine God telling you to go
and marry an adulterous woman.

No long explanation.
Just a command that carries the weight
of His pain.

That's exactly what happened to Hosea,
even without knowing why.
He trusted God's plan with a quiet yes.

He heard God say,
"Go, marry a promiscuous woman
and have children with her, for like
an adulterous wife this land is guilty
of unfaithfulness to the Lord." (Hosea 1:2)

Imagine God asking you to live out
His own heartbreak.

What would you do?

Hosea went.
He found Gomer,
a woman people talked about
in hushed voices.

He chose her.
And he loved her
with the love God commanded.

A love that hurt.
A love that waited.
A love that refused to die.
A love that never fails.
A love born of God.

Each morning he woke beside a woman
whose eyes searched for someone else,
whose soul wandered far from where she lay.

And still...
he stayed.

And still...
he loved.

Because God told him,
"Love her."

This was God showing something real.

God used Hosea to tell a story.
Gomer was Israel.
His chosen people.
The ones He called His own.

Israel kept turning away.
They chased after other things.
They forgot the promises they made
with Him,
breaking the covenant with the One
who bound Himself to them in love
forever.
They gave their hearts to what could
never hold them.

They ran from the One
who kept calling their name.

And every step they took
was felt by God.

The pain in Hosea's life
reflected the grief of God Himself.
This is what it felt like
for Him to love Israel.

To love deeply.
To watch them leave.
To keep loving them still.

When Gomer left again,
when love was betrayed again,
when she disappeared into the arms
of others,
God spoke again.

"Go, show your love to your wife again."
(Hosea 3:1)

Again.

As if love had not already been exhausted.
As if grace still had more to give.

Hosea went.
He searched for her.
He found her in a broken place.

And he bought her back
for the price of a slave.

He brought her home.

She stood there, trembling,
carrying her shame,
and he covered it with mercy.
He chose her again.

This is God's love for Israel.

A love that keeps going.
A love that stays.
A love that reaches out again and again.
A love that gives quiet forgiveness.

He calls them back.
He restores them.
He holds on to them.
He pours Himself into them even more.

Even after everything,
He still says they are His.

Love brought them back home.
The unfaithful is called beloved once more.

And it leaves a question that stays
in your heart.

How many times can someone walk away
and still be loved like this?

They left Him again and again.
Yet, He never once
left them.

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Seven times

I will give you back
seven times what you
lost.
~God
The tears, the time, the
energy, the peace - 
none of it was wasted.
Get ready. Restoration
is personal.

Stay close

 As long as you stay close to God,

your job,
the person you marry,
where you live,
what you do,

will all work out perfectly,
Don't worry.