A story of what takes place in the heart. The sun shines warmly through the trees. It is so quiet yet so foreign. It seems like forever ago when she used to take walks and God walked close beside her. The moments were filled with holy echoes of eternity. In those days, the quiet used…
Category: death of self
Be the blessing.
Finding rain in the desert. In the past few years, I’ve had repetitive experiences in the workplace that produced much confusion and disappointment inside my heart and mind. God has given me the undeserved grace of living out the beauty of a poured-out life. I knew the unspeakable fulfillment of giving of myself out of…
Escaping the trap of the self.
If you lose your life you will find it. We live in an age of self-indulgence. People everywhere are obsessed with how to make themselves happy. We are conditioned by the world around us to want more and more things in the hopes of finally being fulfilled. We are also promised the power to do…
Taking the lowest place.
Live a life of learning to decrease! Being humble is an attitude of the heart that doesn’t take root into our lives naturally. It is a posture of complete surrender and worship before God and a state of absolute dependence on Him. Though God can empower us to live in humility, we can all too…
Letting go.
When life becomes no longer about me. I’ve seen the extravagant beauty of dying to self. Many times in my life, God would show me what is possible when He is at the center of my existence. I’ve become certain of the fact that living a life of self-denial was not just my calling but…
Come, weary soul.
Do you hear Christ’s gentle whisper? The self is such a heavy burden to carry! To live according to the voice of your deceitful heart is overwhelming. It is absolutely tiring and peace is nowhere to be found. The voice of self is demanding and convincing- it speaks to us in loud tones and tells…
The Eyes of My Heart 