On One Loving Day Series, 2026
Soft sunlight. A gentle breeze grazing past. Sunlight falling like rain.
Nothing had marked it as a special day. I was driving across a bridge when I stopped briefly at a red light. In that moment, with sunlight pouring down from the sky and shadows quietly unfolding across the ground, it felt as though love itself was raining down.
Soft afternoon light, California, 2026
Between the cries of my baby that ring out every hour, and in the silences in between, I find myself bringing questions to God. In this season where every door is shut, what is it He is trying to show me? He is, without question, filling my life with blessings from every direction, and we have enough. My baby and I, we have enough. And yet here I am, asking: Will I be able to find new work? How should I be earning money? Or is this it — am I just meant to stay home and be a father? The truth is, I don't think I want to be just a stay-at-home dad, quietly tending to the baby and nothing else. And yet it feels like God is pushing me into exactly that.
Perhaps He is waiting for me to truly acknowledge His sovereignty. Not just in word, but in the depths of my heart.
Nearly two years of silence. Why, after all this time, have I still not found my answer? Why do I keep wandering? While I was bringing that very question to God — Lord, I want to earn money with my own hands —
I suddenly heard a voice:
"Hey. Am I not enough for you?"
Right then, I opened my Bible and read the passage that surfaced in my mind.
"The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want." (Psalm 23:1)
I say the words. But honestly, hadn't they just been empty words all along? Nothing but air.
As I continued reading, I also came upon Psalm 78 where it speaks,
16 He brought streams out of the rock and caused water to flow down like rivers.
17 But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
18 They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.
19 They spoke against God, saying, "Can God really spread a table in the wilderness?"
20 Look, He struck the rock, and water gushed out, streams overflowed; but can He give bread as well? Can He provide meat for His people?"
21 When the LORD heard them, He was furious; His fire broke out against Jacob, and His wrath rose against Israel,
22 for they did not believe in God or trust in His salvation.
Yes.
I had not been believing in God. I had no faith. No faith that He is the Lord of my life. No faith that He knows my every need and is the One who provides for it.
And so this is what He had been saying the whole time:
Abide in Me.
Not strive. Not figure it out. Not earn your way back to solid ground.
Abide in Me.
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“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
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On One Loving Day Series, 2026
Soft sunlight. A gentle breeze grazing past. Sunlight falling like rain.
Nothing had marked it as a special day. I was driving across a bridge when I stopped briefly at a red light. In that moment, with sunlight pouring down from the sky and shadows quietly unfolding across the ground, it felt as though love itself was raining down.
Soft afternoon light, California, 2026
Between the cries of my baby that ring out every hour, and in the silences in between, I find myself bringing questions to God. In this season where every door is shut, what is it He is trying to show me? He is, without question, filling my life with blessings from every direction, and we have enough. My baby and I, we have enough. And yet here I am, asking: Will I be able to find new work? How should I be earning money? Or is this it — am I just meant to stay home and be a father? The truth is, I don't think I want to be just a stay-at-home dad, quietly tending to the baby and nothing else. And yet it feels like God is pushing me into exactly that.
Perhaps He is waiting for me to truly acknowledge His sovereignty. Not just in word, but in the depths of my heart.
Nearly two years of silence. Why, after all this time, have I still not found my answer? Why do I keep wandering? While I was bringing that very question to God — Lord, I want to earn money with my own hands —
I suddenly heard a voice:
"Hey. Am I not enough for you?"
Right then, I opened my Bible and read the passage that surfaced in my mind.
"The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want." (Psalm 23:1)
I say the words. But honestly, hadn't they just been empty words all along? Nothing but air.
As I continued reading, I also came upon Psalm 78 where it speaks,
16 He brought streams out of the rock and caused water to flow down like rivers.
17 But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
18 They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.
19 They spoke against God, saying, "Can God really spread a table in the wilderness?"
20 Look, He struck the rock, and water gushed out, streams overflowed; but can He give bread as well? Can He provide meat for His people?"
21 When the LORD heard them, He was furious; His fire broke out against Jacob, and His wrath rose against Israel,
22 for they did not believe in God or trust in His salvation.
Yes.
I had not been believing in God. I had no faith. No faith that He is the Lord of my life. No faith that He knows my every need and is the One who provides for it.
And so this is what He had been saying the whole time:
Abide in Me.
Not strive. Not figure it out. Not earn your way back to solid ground.
Abide in Me.
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“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
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