Thrive daily

It was a chilly autumn morning as I walked through the park, the crisp air filling my lungs. I had been feeling overwhelmed lately, burdened by thoughts of my responsibilities, goals, and the uncertainty of what the future might hold. Despite my faith, the weight of life’s demands sometimes clouded my heart with doubt. I  found a quiet bench near a lake with ducks swimming in it. I scrolled through my bible on the phone. My fingers instinctively opened to Matthew 6:25-26, words I had read countless times but now seemed to leap off the page: "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?" I looked down at the flock of ducklings swimming and pecking at crumbs scattered by passersby. Their...

Lessons from the Slow Lane: Trusting God's Timing Have you ever been stuck behind that one driver who seems determined to stick to the speed limit when you’re in a hurry? Last week, I experienced this firsthand. On my way to work, every minute felt like an hour as I trailed behind a slow-moving car. Frustration mounted as time slipped through my fingers, and I couldn’t help but wonder, “Why can’t this driver just hurry up?” As I sat there, inching along at a snail’s pace, a thought struck me: isn’t this how life feels sometimes? We encounter seasons where progress seems stalled, where everything around us feels stuck. In these moments, it’s tempting to cry out, “Why, Lord? Why now? What am I supposed to learn from this? Finding Purpose in the Waiting That moment behind the wheel became a revelation. I realized that even in life’s waiting periods, there is something to look forward to. Just as the car ahead wasn’t a hindrance but a lesson in patience, life’s delays teach us to trust...