Hannah Brencher

God is a lot of things to a lot of people but I don__ think he is a cheap party host with limited grace to give out.

I had to take the first step for myself.

God is a lot of things to a lot of people but I don't think He is a cheap party host with limited grace to give out.

Looking back, I wish that everyone could have that sort of moment: a moment where you realize that your hands are so impossibly small and this world is so impossibly big. And the two don__ seem to add up. Maybe recognizing the smallness of your own hands is just the very first step to changing anything at all.

Fear and failure, they go hand in hand. They__e like dance partners with great rhythm.

I believe now that we__e the enemy to the things we really want for our lives. We get really good at telling ourselves ugly lies on repeat every day. You__e unworthy. You__e ugly. You__e inadequate.

Maybe we__e all a how are you away from not feeling so alone in all of this today.

You're worth it. You are absolutely, unbelievably worth it and you were made for mighty things. Keep pushing on. Keep pressing. Don't let anyone in this wide, wide world ever try to snuff out the light you bring. You have to know it matters. The world is going to try to convince you otherwise but don't listen. Please. Don't. Listen. You are a marvel. It matters that you are here.

They were the kind of words you read back and every lettered limb surprises you because you never knew you really felt those things the whole time.

When it came to talking with God, I wanted to believe he was like those stars. If I looked, he__ be there. I__ lost a lot of things in the years that led up to this point - shoes and keys and books and boyfriends - but I never lost that hope

Because you deserve dignity, beyond anything else in this world. You deserve a God, and a faith, and a belief that finds you dignified at the core.

Finally, finally, this is what bravery looks like. This is what courage looks like. It has nothing to do with dominating the day, every single day. It has to do with showing up and speaking truth. One true sentence after one true sentence.

Even though love covers all things, fear is what keeps us silent and keeps words unsaid. Fear keeps us standing in one place. Eventually, when it wins, it means we never got the courage to say what we needed to say.

All those dotted lines were just the parts of the story where she would get on the ground and get her hands dirty with the mess of it all. The mess and the glory of other people__ hearts and heart songs. She would learn it would take grit, and guts, and courage to make a difference. But the world will always need people who care enough to make a difference, so she needed to not miss her casting call.

Remember: whatever is burrowed deep in one hungry soul is bound to be tethered to the hearts of many, many more.

I cried because sometimes no matter what you try to hide behind_ letters or texts or emails or a busy schedule_ life still finds a way to barrel through all the distractions. And life still hurts. Even though it's beautiful.

The two had very little figured out. They were trying though. They fell in love. They looked for God. They loved constructing miracles out of the mundane. Above all things, they cheered for each other. And they made each other stronger. And that meant everything.

She didn't know if it was God. She wasn't really sure what to call it. She just knew she believe in unconditional love. And that was really all that mattered.