Goodness of God

A mind consumed with worship will not have the capacity for worry; it will be too preoccupied with the goodness of God. - Ruth Chou Simons

Trusting God

Because God sees all and knows all, we can trust where He takes us. - Ruth Chou Simons

Hold

If God can hold the seasons and the skies together by His love and omnipotence, He can hold you and me. - Ruth Chou Simons

Creator

As far as your eye can see upward and as far as your eyes can see down to the very ground that you're walking on, everything is cared for by the Creator. - Ruth Chou Simons

Overwhelms

What overwhelms us does not overwhelm Jesus. - Ruth Chou Simons

Pain

Pain is a wildly effective tutor. Physical or of the heart, discomfort will either teach us to run to our own limited resources or God's endless reservoir. Sometimes we act like the goal is: To look to any and all options besides falling on the mercy of God to get us through. But the truth is: There is no freedom, no greener pasture, no hope on the horizon that sustains like keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus. - Ruth Chou Simons

Nows

Someday is made up of thousands of right nows. - Ruth Chou Simons

God's Word

When you hide God's Word in your heart and unexpected trials come your way, you meet them with what is true. - Ruth Chou Simons

Peace

Peace is not based on the circumstances we think about, but the truth we steady our minds on. - Ruth Chou Simons

Your Heart

The cure for an anxious heart is not in building confidence in your own abilities to overcome today's worries and concerns; it's submitting your heart to an almighty and loving Father who will transform your greatest weaknesses into a display of His prefect provision. - Ruth Chou Simons

Trust

The biggest decision you and I face today may not be what we will do next, but whom we will trust. It's not warm feelings and wishful thinking we're told to put our trust in. We're to trust in the God who led His people into the desert so they might know the end of their power and the fullness of HIS provision. - Ruth Chou Simons

Weary and Worn

If I'm weary and worn out, or lacking joy, it usually points to the fact that... I'm serving before worship. - Ruth Chou Simons

Value

We make time for what we treasure most, and we value most what we believe we can't live without. - Ruth Chou Simons

Practice

So take heart, friend: Practice makes progress, not perfect. - Ruth Chou Simon, Beholding and Becoming

Belong

We were made to belong to Jesus first. Not church denominations, political parties, justice movements or social circles. - Ruth Chou Simmons

Holds You

If He can hold all things together - the skies and all living things - He can hold you. - Ruth Chou Simons

Uncontained Praise

Let's take seriously the instruction to sing, to declare, and to praise. The heart that is rescued in Christ is the heart that overflows with uncontained praise. - Ruth Chou Simons

Remaining

Of all the ways one person can prove his or her love to another, the most tangibly communicated is that of remaining...To remain is to look past the inconveniences, the faults, the unnecessary, and the less-than-ideal, and to say with feet planted and heart unwavering: "I'm not going anywhere." - Ruth Chou Simons, Beholding and Becoming

His Presence

We've been given so much to look at, but we are missing the art of beholding. We are so captivated by our technology and all that it puts before our eyes that we overlook the ways that God displays His glory through creation, relationships, and our ordinary circumstances in the day to day. We look for dramatic ways to experience God, but His presence and transforming work in our lives happen minute by minute. - Ruth Chou Simons