
“I choose to believe that I was made to become a sanctuary.”
Sanctuary is defined as “a place of refuge or safety.”
As a disciple of Jesus, I have faith – confident assurance – that my primary source of sanctuary is found in Him. Because of who He is, what He has done for me, and who He says I am, He offers sanctuary for me to bring every part of me. It’s the ultimate safe space – the actual no judgment zone. An escape where I can bring all of my insecurities, my doubts, my fears, and my brokenness. I can finally breathe. No shame. No guilt. No fear. Only peace. It’s the one place my mind vortex slows down enough for me to find perspective.
Many of my writings are entry points into this sanctuary. They are the vulnerable spiraling thoughts where no worst-case scenario is too far-fetched, no outcome is too improbable, and no assumption is too dramatic. They are my attempt to unravel the vortex and slow down enough to fully enter the sanctuary and experience all He has to offer.
If you are seeking sanctuary, I invite you to join me in my mind vortex. I offer you the same safety to be vulnerable and honest while continuing to point to the One who is the only hope for speaking peace into the vortex. After all, calming storms is kind of His thing.
“You keep him in perfect peace who mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.” – Isaiah 26:3