Category: Ben’s Corner

You’ve Got This: Keep Moving Forward Feel like you need something to lift your spirits?When life doesn’t make sense—when you wonder why these things keep happening and why you have to deal with them—it’s easy to feel discouraged. Whatever you’re struggling with, it helps to hear words of encouragement from…

The Jigsaw Puzzle Perspective When putting together a jigsaw puzzle, we know that each piece connects to another in a meaningful way—and no piece is worthless. When we’re going through a tough time, we must remember that this is just one tiny piece of our puzzle. Without it, we would…

Stress and Rest: A Better Way Stress is an inevitable part of our lives. None of us can escape it. Stressors rob us of life, rest, joy, and peace. They impact us through fear, anxiety, insecurity, and more. Whether it’s relational stress (marriage, family, friends), circumstantial stress (job, finances, security),…

Can you feel it? It’s all around us. It created, sustains, and connects us. It is all that really exists. It is Love. Only love can soften a hard heart. Only love can renew trust after it has been shattered. Only love can inspire acts of genuine self-sacrifice. Only love…

Life Is Like Riding a Roller Coaster Drink from the full cup of life. Taste the bitter along with the sweet, knowing that all of it deepens your experience. Life is like riding a roller coaster you’ve never ridden before—full of surprising twists, turns, climbs, falls, and loops. You’ll face…

You are AMAZING! Remember that! Your life is a work of art. You haven’t created a mess—you’ve created a masterpiece! Stop looking at your past trying to find what could have been done differently. You won’t find it. Everything was perfect. Your past is done, so forget it. Your future…

There is not a single event in our life—good, bad, or ugly—that we are better off without. Why? Because everything in life can teach us a lesson. We just have to be willing to learn. Everyone comes into our life for a reason: some good, some bad. They shape us,…

Our tongue has the power of life and death. With our tongues, we speak either “Miracle Gro” or “Round-Up” to our kids, friends, and family. If you spray Round-Up on plants, they shrivel up and die. If you spray Miracle Gro, they drink it up and grow. Our words work…

Maybe your journey isn’t so much about becoming anything. Maybe it’s about unbecoming everything that isn’t really you, so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place. Every word I write is saturated with a desire to inspire you to know who you truly are.…

Do you ever wish someone understood, appreciated, respected, and loved you for who you are? This is because we were built for intimacy—a close, deeply satisfying relationship that empowers, edifies, and encourages us to the core. Experiencing absolute disconnection from others awakens fear in most of us. But in the…