You matter more than you know

There are seasons when we cannot see what is ahead, but we can still trust the One who walks with us and talks with us along the way. This is a conversation about the quiet fear of not mattering and the truth that God’s purpose is not an accident.

Me:  God, sometimes I wonder if my life really matters.

God: Why do you think it wouldn’t?

Me:   Because some days feel small. Ordinary. Forgettable. Like nothing I do changes anything.

God: Meaning is not measured by size. It is measured by purpose.

Me:   But what if I don’t have a purpose?

God: You do. You always have. Even before you knew Me.

Me:   Paul said something like that, didn’t he?

God:  He said he was set apart from his mother’s womb. He understood that My calling was not based on his performance, but on My grace.

Me:   But Paul was an apostle. I’m not.

God: Paul was a man. I am the One who called him. And I am the One who calls you.

Me:   So You knew where my life would go?

God:  I knew your path, your struggles, your wounds, your questions, and your strengths. And I called you with all of that in mind.

Me:    Then why do I still feel like I don’t matter sometimes?

God:  Because people measure worth by what they can see. I measure worth by what I have placed within you.

Me:    So I matter to You?

God:   You matter not because of what you achieve, but because of who you are to Me.

Me:    And You won’t forget me?

God:   I could no more forget you than I could forget the ones I formed with My own hands

The fear of not mattering is one of the quietest and deepest fears some of us face.People often measure worth by visibility, success, or usefulness, but God measures worth by purpose and identity. When Paul said he was “set apart from birth” [Galatians 1:15], he wasn’t claiming greatness. He was recognizing that God’s purpose for his life existed long before he understood it. God’s calling is rooted in His grace, not in our achievements.

Romans 8 reminds us that God works through all things, even our detours, because His purpose is steady even when our steps are not. God gives us free will, and we do not always follow the path perfectly. We wander, resist, hesitate, and take wrong turns. But God already knows that, and He weaves even our wandering into His purpose. We matter not because of what we accomplish, but because we belong to Him. His purpose is not fragile. It is steady, intentional, and rooted in love.

This Conversation is not meant as God’s literal speech. It reflects how Scripture portrays God’s heart toward us when we fear that our lives do not matter.

When silence feels safer than truth

There are seasons when we cannot see what is ahead, but we can still trust the One who walks with us and talks with us along the way. This is a conversation about the fear of speaking truth in a world that often punishes honesty.

Me:  God, I’m afraid to say what I believe anymore.

God: Why, My child?

Me:  Because people turn on each other so quickly. One disagreement and the whole relationship collapses.

God: When people feel insecure, threatened, or exposed, they often lash out.

Me:  Not because they’re evil?

God: Sometimes there is evil in the world. But often the reaction comes because fear is loud.

Me:  I try to speak gently, but it doesn’t matter. Some people don’t want a conversation. They want to win.

God: Pride does not listen. Fear does not reason. Wounded hearts do not hear clearly.

Me:  I don’t want to lose people. I don’t want to be rejected.

God: Even My disciples faced rejection. You are not the first to feel this.

Me:  But why does speaking truth feel so costly?

God: Because truth exposes what people would rather hide. And because standing with Me has always required courage.

Me:  I’m not sure I’m brave enough.

God: Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is faithfulness in the presence of fear.

Me:  So You’re saying I should still speak?

God: Speak truth in love. Not to win arguments, but to remain faithful.

Me:  And if people turn away?

God: Then you have not lost Me. And you have not wasted your words.

Jesus told His disciples, “If the world hates you, know that it hated Me before it hated you” (John 15:18). What He told them, He tells us. Speaking truth has always carried a cost. The early disciples faced rejection, ridicule, and even death, yet they kept going because Christ strengthened them. Today we fear being wrong, misunderstood, or rejected by friends and/or family, but God reminds us that truth spoken in love is never wasted. Relationships may shake, opinions may divide, but faithfulness to Christ remains steady. God doesn’t ask us to be unafraid. He asks us to be faithful.

This Conversation is not meant as God’s literal speech. It reflects how Scripture portrays God’s heart toward us when we fear speaking truth in a world that often rejects it.

#FearNotForIAmWithYou #GodIsGood

God is already where you fear to go.

There are seasons when we cannot see what is ahead, but we can still trust the One who walks with us and talks with us along the way. This is a conversation about worrying about the unknown.

Me:  God, I know You hold the future, but the world feels so unstable right now.

God: The world has always shifted. I have never moved.

Me:   But everything feels unpredictable. Nations, leaders, conflicts, disasters.

God:  Nothing is unpredictable to Me.

Me:   I keep imagining worst‑case scenarios.

God:  Your imagination is not prophecy.

Me:   Then why does the unknown feel so threatening?

God:  Because you are trying to carry what only I can see.

Me:    So what do I do with this fear?

God:  Bring it to Me before it becomes your master.

Me:    But what if things really do get worse?

God:  Then My grace will meet you there, just as it meets you here.

Me:    And if I cannot see the path ahead?

God:  You do not need to see the path when you are walking with the One who made it.

Me:    So the unknown is not something to fear?

God:  The unknown is simply the place where My faithfulness has not yet been revealed to you.

Jesus told His disciples, “You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet” (Matthew 24:6 NKJV). What He told them, He tells us. Scripture never denies that the world will shake. It simply reminds us that God does not. 

The unknown is not a threat to God. It is not a gap in His plan. It is not a place where His sovereignty weakens. The unknown is simply the part of the story we have not reached yet, but He is already there. Worry tries to convince us that we are alone in what might come. Faith reminds us that God is already present in what will come.

This Conversation is not meant as God’s literal speech. It reflects how Scripture portrays God’s heart toward us when we face uncertainty and fear about the future.

#FearNotForIAmWithYou

Me:  I know the resurrection is central to everything, but sometimes I still wonder why it had to happen this way.

God: Because death had to be defeated from the inside.

Me:   But why a cross first? Why suffering before victory?

God: Because love goes where the wound is.

Me:  And the empty tomb, what does it really mean for us?

God: It means death does not get the final word.

Me:  Sometimes I still fear endings.

God: The resurrection is My answer to every ending.

Me:  So, it is not just about Jesus rising?

God: It is about what His rising makes possible for you.

Me:  Life after death?

God: And life before death.

Me:  I do not always feel that power.

God: You do not have to feel it for it to be true.

Me:   Then what should the resurrection tell me today?

God: That nothing buried stays buried when I call it out of the grave.

Summary

The resurrection is not an idea we created. It is the foundation God established. In 1 Corinthians 15:1–4, Paul gives the only place in Scripture where something is called THE gospel, and he keeps it simple. Christ died for our sins. He was buried. He rose again on the third day according to the Scriptures. That is the gospel, and the faith to believe it is part of the gift God gives. Faith does not make these things true; faith receives what God has already finished. The resurrection is God’s answer to sin, to death, to fear, and to every ending we face. Nothing buried stays buried when He calls it out of the grave. And it is all free.

Grace + zero = Salvation.

This Conversation is not meant as God’s literal speech. It reflects how Scripture portrays God’s heart toward us through the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ.

#ItIsFinished​

|US tech employment had its worst start to the year since 2023, with AI blamed for tens of thousands of brutal job cuts, according to a new report.

The first three months of 2026 saw 52,050 tech layoffs, a 40% jump from the same period last year according to a report published today. Artificial intelligence is blamed for the cuts. It happens throughout history

Big tech ended the pony express in 1861, which began on this date in 1860. It relied on young riders who swapped horses at 157 relay stations and braved blizzards, bandits, and attacks by Native tribes to deliver 34,753 letters over 18 months, losing only one bag across 616,000 miles.

​Starting with 49 letters and newspapers, including Lincoln’s inaugural address, it charged $5 per half-ounce and used over 400 horses, but it still lost money. $200,000 to start, $7 million today, but no profit. The service ran 308 trips until October 24, 1861.

​And then it happened.  The transcontinental telegraph ended its reign, leaving riders jobless two days later.

​It was a romantic piece of Western history, though. Heck, I would have signed up to be a rider. By the way, that story leads to two others. When I started courting my wife, I sent her a lot of cassette tapes, just me talking to her, expressing my love for her, of course, and telling her more than she would ever want to know about my life from birth to present.

​Today, we were at the home of her then mailman and his wife. I won’t mention their names for privacy reasons. We’ll just call them collectively, JD. It was a nice visit, and I learned a few things about my family not previously known. So JD got the large envelopes filled with tapes delivered in a timely manner to my galfriend, probably wondering what the heck was going on.  

Sometimes things go awry. I suspect it was about 17 months ago that a person sent me a letter from Columbus, a distance of 151 miles. It took the USPS 10 days to get the letter to me. The Pony Express would have taken less than two days. During my mountain hiking days, I could have done it in 10 days, especially here in Ohio.