Matthew 26:8-9

Raising up sons and daughters to serve like Martha with hearts like Mary.

Are you tired of striving for success and your glory? It's exhausting and not nearly as fulfilling as you thought. These four devotions will help you shift your mind and heart to know that God can do more with your surrender than your performance. Take the journey from chasing glory, to reflecting God's lasting glory.

Ten years ago I moved across the ocean, from Tennessee to Uganda, full of something I thought was hope but was more like naive optimism. When I faced tragedy, loss, and my own weakness, I wondered, Is God really good? And that’s when I began to understand what true hope is. I pray you will find hope in these brief devotionals—a whisper from God that even in your deepest sorrow, He is near.    

There are some names in the Bible that everyone knows: Adam and Eve, Noah, Moses, Mary, Peter, Paul. But the Bible is also full of stories with unnamed characters. People who made a difference not in the spotlight, but in the shadows. We often think they and we are insignificant if the spotlight is not on. But here's the good news: God chooses and uses shadow Christians.