If our self-image is negative, God will insist we change it.

If how God loves us is formed by how our parents loved us, have we taken the time to make any necessary corrections?

The new insight, the sudden courage that came out of nowhere — that was God, God in subtle disguise, here, loving us, whether we acknowledge him or not.

What do you need to change in order to receive the new heart God offers?

Take a moment to imagine what allowing God to remove your stony heart could mean in your life right now.

It takes courage (and lots of deliberate work!) to let the consequences of abuse fall from our fingers as we rebuild ourselves with what is true.

Learning we do not matter is profoundly detrimental to our growth as human beings.

How has the way you were perceived as a child colored the way you see God and, more importantly, how you think God sees you?

God takes the cost of abuse and turns it into treasure.

Are our actions — including the lack of action! — pleasing to God during this election time, or not, and what can we commit ourselves to change?

I need the cross. I look up to see Jesus there upon it. While we suffer, God still suffers. Every parent understands this.

We can work to make God’s voice louder than the dark words.