Month: April 2026

When Heaven Steps In

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About a week ago, while I was out and about, I stopped for gas, nothing out of the ordinary… just another moment in a busy day. I was about to walk into the store to grab a snack when I felt it… a quiet, gentle impression deep within me to stop. Not loud. Not urgent. Just a still whisper: wait.

So I did.

Less than a second later, a jeep came flying past me and whipped into a parking spot right in front of the store. It missed me by what felt like a breath… a fraction of an inch. Close enough that I knew, had I taken one more step, the outcome would have been very different.

A man and his wife got out of the vehicle. His wife was visibly shaken, apologizing over and over again. I just looked at them, smiled, and forgave them as they held the door open for me. There was no fear in me… none at all. Just a calm that didn’t come from me.

I’ve been sitting with that moment ever since in wonder.

It felt as though the Lord Himself had placed His hand in front of me… holding me back at just the right time. It brings me to tears when I think about it too long… because this is how He loves us. Quietly and constantly. Faithfully watching, even when we are unaware.

“He will give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.” — Psalm 91:11

The man didn’t see me until it was too late… but God saw me the whole time. Not just me… but them too. His mercy covered us both in a moment that could have turned into something devastating. What the enemy may have intended for harm was stopped before it ever had the chance to take shape.

How many times has He done this for us… and we never even knew?

There is a tenderness in realizing that we are never truly unguarded. Never unseen. Never alone.

Today, I’m just grateful. Grateful for the whisper that says “wait.” Grateful for the unseen hand that protects, and grateful for a God who keeps His children safe… over and over again.

Father, thank You for Your protection that surrounds me even when I am unaware. Thank You for the quiet ways You intervene, for the moments You hold me back, and for the mercy that covers what I cannot see. Teach me to trust Your voice, even when it is gentle. Keep my heart aware of Your presence, and fill me with gratitude for the ways You continually preserve my life. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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Where God Has Forgotten

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There have been moments in my life where I have truly missed it… not just lightly, but in ways that came from deep places of pain, frustration, and woundedness. In those moments, I have spoken in ways that did not honor those God placed above me. When the weight of it settled in, I knew. I needed to humble myself.

So I did.

I went back. I repented to them, and I repented before the Lord. But truthfully, walking out repentance is not always simple. Sometimes it lingers. Sometimes it feels like the moment keeps echoing long after you’ve laid it down. You feel watched, waiting for the next slip up. If possible, enemy will even take every chance to poke and prod you into more places of pain to make that walk all the more difficult. He delights in your failure and whispers how much of a disappointment you are when it happens.

Over the past few days, I have spent time in prayer and fasting, bringing this before the Lord again and again. Not because I wanted to stay in shame, but because I genuinely desired to be right in His sight. I wanted to change. Yet there was this quiet struggle in my heart… a feeling that I hadn’t truly been forgiven. I had to prove myself.

Then today, in the middle of what felt like endless driving, the Lord met me in such a gentle way.

Right as I was arriving home, I felt His Spirit whisper to my heart: “Audience of One.”

It settled everything.

He reminded me that while I am called to humble myself before others and seek reconciliation, I cannot control whether someone chooses to forgive me. That part belongs to them. What matters is that I humbled myself, that I obeyed, that I came low before Him.

In that place, His forgiveness is not partial. It is not hesitant. It is complete.

I was taken back to the early days of my salvation, when the weight of my past felt overwhelming. I remember feeling like I needed to account for every single sin, as if I had to earn my way back into right standing. The enemy pressed hard with that lie.

But the Holy Spirit spoke something so freeing.. that my sins were cast away, removed, no longer held against me.

“As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.” — Psalm 103:12

“You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.” — Micah 7:19

That is the kindness of God. That is the freedom found in His mercy and grace.

Repentance is not meant to trap us in a cycle of condemnation. It is meant to bring us back into alignment with Him. Once we have truly repented, we are invited to walk forward in humility… not constantly looking backward in shame.

There may be times when others remember what God has already forgiven. There may be moments when it is brought up again, or held against us. But I am learning that I cannot live bound to what God has already released me from. If He says I am forgiven, then that’s it. It is done.

The enemy accuses. He revisits. He replays. He wants you to never live it down. He delights in seeing you broken and hurting. He will drag it out for years if possible keeping you trapped in chains of shame and condemnation.

But God forgives and restores. That’s is why we have joy. It is because HE has forgiven us. The enemy wants you to forget that.

I choose to stay low before Him, to keep my heart soft, to remain teachable… and to trust that He alone sees the full posture of my heart.

“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” — 1 John 1:9

Only God truly sees the heart. His mercy is deeper than my failure.

Father, I come before You with a humble heart. Thank You for Your mercy that meets me even in my weakness. Thank You that when I repent, You are faithful to forgive and to cleanse. Teach me to walk in true humility, not in shame, but in surrender. Help me to release the need for man’s approval and rest fully in Your grace. Guard my heart from condemnation, and anchor me in the truth of Your love. Let my life reflect a heart that is continually yielded to You. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Sea of Forgetfulness

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