"He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end." Ecclesiastes 3:11
So afraid of being seen, and painfully aware of it, I wrote the following three months ago: “The story of your life is the story of the long and brutal assault on your heart by the one who knows what you could be and fears it.” – Ransomed Heart Daily Reading My heart is still … Continue reading To Know & To Be Known
“I don’t want to talk about You like You’re not in the room. Want to look right at You. Want to sing right to You.” –‘You Won’t Relent’ Jesus Culture Hearing that song I thought, “Yeah God. I want to talk to You, not just about You.” The Bible can be like God’s Facebook page. … Continue reading God’s Facebook Page
He calls me by my name Not by my shame “Tesia Grace you are Beloved And I give you My grace” Why don’t I believe it Why can’t I receive it What is going on in my brain? Why do I hold onto the pain? My heart is so afraid For Jesus to invade Afraid … Continue reading Thanks, But I Don’t Believe You
Brokenness, brokenness Is what I long for Brokenness is what I need Brokenness, brokenness That’s what You want from me So take my heart and mold it Take my mind transform it Take my will conform it To Yours, to Yours, Oh Lord Back in October, one of my first days returning home from the … Continue reading Mirror of Shame
In thinking through some struggles with election, God's justice, and God's grace, Holy Spirit put it on my heart to write this. People question God's goodness when they see suffering. When some are saved and others aren't. When God heals some and allows others to die. Growing up in the church I think there is … Continue reading The Weight of Sin and Grace
The Quiet Years These are the quiet years The days I cried all my tears Tears of joy, tears of pain You came down, Your Spirit rain These are the quiet days The days I sing to You my praise You show me who I am to You I'm transformed through and through This is … Continue reading The Quiet Years
Is life really beauty-full? Is life really beauty-full when I am fighting with one family member, another is having heart problems, and I am speaking with neither? Is life really beauty-full when some friendships are fizzling out and I believe it’s because I’m failing? When I am unemployed, and I have no financial stability? When … Continue reading The Office of Offenses
“Just tell me what to do and I’ll do it.” Sound familiar? Just tell me what to do so I can know what is expected of me. Then I can meet that expectation and be pleasing to you. Then I can be enough, valuable, worthy of your love. I did all you asked of me. … Continue reading Recital or Relationship
It's a dangerous game Playing with the heart Thinking I didn't have one of my own A game I often played Not knowing from the start That my heart wasn't made out of stone The pain I would cause The ache in their soul Open sores calloused over my heart To "Catch and Release" Seduction … Continue reading Heart Games
Failure isn't final. In fact, it's the avenue which God chooses to be glorified and draw us closer to Himself. It is through my failure that I see the marvelous works of God's mighty hand. He takes what I see as hopeless, broken, lost beyond repair, and breathes life into it. Restores it to even greater … Continue reading Goodbye Addiction
