Hi, I'm Christelle

Before we begin, a quick disclaimer: I know the rest of the world calls it football—as they should—but for the sake of simplicity, I’ll use soccer throughout this blog post. I’m writing this while being amazed by the awe-inspiring beauty of the World Cup. As some of you might be aware, millions of viewers are watching eleven players carry the hopes of an entire nation onto the field. One by one, each losing team is sent home—but not before giving everything they have. In one

“If God is for us, why has all this happened to us?” It’s a question many of us have asked, whether out loud or quietly in the middle of a difficult season. Lately, I’ve found myself asking a different version of it. Like many of us, I’m navigating a season that feels heavier than the ones before it. A season where there seems to be a gap between what God has spoken over my life and the chain of events currently unfolding. Somewhere along the way, my why became how. Same doub

You know that feeling right after you have done what you knew you were not supposed to do? That moment when conviction settles in and your conscience begins to speak louder than your flesh? Nothing brings us back to a place of surrender quicker than that. Something about that immediate awareness of sin reshapes our understanding of what it means to “die to the flesh daily.” Suddenly, the posture of a servant of Christ becomes clearer, and so do our limitations. Perhaps that i