Weekday Word w/ Eric

Welcome to Weekday Word with Pastor Eric

  • Ashes on the Edges

    Scripture“Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.” (Luke 6:20)“He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble.” (Luke 1:52) Ash Wednesday is the day we tell the truth out loud: we are dust, and to dust we return. It’s not a threat—it’s a mercy.…

  • Choosing Relationship Again

    Scripture: “Then Job prayed for his friends, and the Lord restored his fortunes…” — Job 42:10 The last chapters of Job are not a neat “happy ending” bow. They are a picture of renewal after rupture. And tucked inside it is something profound: Job prays again. Not as a man with all the answers, but…

  • The Grief Under the Anger

    Scripture: “The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.” — Job 1:21 Anger is often grief wearing armor. Sometimes we say we’re “mad at God,” but underneath is a deeper sentence: “God, this mattered to me.” Job tears his robe and mourns—before anyone tries to theologize him…

  • Letting Go of the God You Thought You’d Ge

    Scripture: “My ears had heard of you, but now my eyes have seen you.” — Job 42:5 There’s a version of God many of us meet early on: predictable, easily explained, always operating according to our preferred formula. Then life happens. And suddenly God doesn’t fit. The heartbreak isn’t only what you lost—it’s the collapse…

  • The Silence That Feels Like Abandonment

    Scripture: “Oh, that I knew where I might find him… I go forward, but he is not there… and I cannot perceive him.” — Job 23:3, 8 Sometimes the hardest part isn’t what happened—it’s God’s quiet afterward. You pray, you reach, you wait… and the heavens feel locked. Job isn’t shy about this. He describes…

  • The Day You Stop Editing Your Prayers

    Scripture: “I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.” — Job 7:11 There’s a particular kind of loneliness that comes from feeling like you have to protect God’s reputation with your silence. You’re hurting, but you keep your prayers polite. You’re confused, but you…

  • Live Like Your Forgiven

    Scripture: Proverbs 4:23 (CEB) — “Guard your heart… because your life flows from it.” ReflectionSelf-forgiveness doesn’t end with a declaration. It continues with practices. If you return to the same patterns, the same secrecy, the same triggers, the same environments—your heart will struggle to believe the forgiveness is real. Not because God is fickle, but…

  • Grief is Not the Enemy of Forgiveness

    Scripture: Psalm 51:17 (CEB) — “A heart broken right… you won’t reject.” ReflectionSome people can’t forgive themselves because they haven’t grieved what their sin cost. They’ve confessed, maybe even apologized, but the weight remains—because something real was lost. Trust. Time. integrity. An opportunity. A season. A relationship. A version of themselves they wish they had…

  • Quit the Payment Plan

    Scripture: Ephesians 2:8–9 (CEB) — “You are saved by God’s grace… not something you did…” ReflectionMany people refuse self-forgiveness because they are still trying to pay for what they did. The payment plan may not look like money—it looks like self-punishment. Harsh inner talk. Joy avoidance. Overworking. Over-apologizing. Emotional isolation. You keep yourself in debt…

  • Break the Trial in Your Head

    Scripture: Romans 12:2 (CEB) — “Be transformed by the renewing of your minds…” Reflection Many people can’t forgive themselves because their minds keep replaying the case. The evidence loops, the closing arguments repeat, and the verdict is always the same: guilty, unworthy, unsafe. It’s like living with an internal courtroom where the prosecutor never rests—and…

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