Normally I would start off one of these posts with some witty excerpt from a book or song that has struck a chord in my heart, but this one feels different. As I sit in bed writing this my mind races at the uncertainties that have been rushing through my mind over the last few months. I have had many questions that have dominated my thoughts recently.

Do you ever just think about forever? The immensity can feel overwhelming and even lonely in a way. We cannot really understand it. There are too many unknowns. Honestly, eternity scares me, the depth and pressure of it all leaves me befuddled anytime that it crosses my mind. Thinking about the importance of life here in relation to eternity is where my brain decides to sit and soak in thought, at times.

“Good Shepherd, You have a wild and crazy sheep in love with thorns and brambles. But please don’t get tired of looking for me! I know You won’t. For You have found me. All I have to do is stay found.”

— Thomas Merton

“What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The ground at the foot of the cross is level.

— Guest Speaker at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Cleveland, TN

“Earnestly, tenderly
Jesus is calling
Calling ‘Oh sinner, come home’”

— Softly and Tenderly