Closer Than You Think: How Religion Is Mostly Just Friendship
We often search for some hidden spiritual secret, as though holiness were a code to crack. But what if faith is far more familiar than that? Not a mystic “it” to chase, but a friendship to cultivate. Jesus’ invitation is wonderfully plain: abide in me. Stay near. Listen to my words. Let love, obedience and time do their quiet work in you.
Fruit Wars: Reclaiming Your Spiritual Garden
The sweetest fruit grows slow — and it’s often stolen before it ripens. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness — they’re not gone, just stunted. The enemy can’t steal what God plants, but he can distract us from abiding. Stay close to the Vine. Guard your spiritual garden. What the Spirit grows in you, no thief can truly take.