Titus 2 Magazine

11/24/2025

11/23/2025

11/22/2025

You’ll look back and say, “It was worth the wait.”

11/22/2025

The little things become the breakthroughs. ✨

11/22/2025

Recently in Kenya with International Justice Mission (IJM), I heard Mwanaidi’s story. She was a vibrant 13-year-old whose neighbor began offering her snacks on her way home from school. At first, the gestures seemed innocent … but they weren’t.

Eventually, the man betrayed her trust and abused her. He threatened that if she told anyone, he would hurt her and her family. Terrified, she stopped going to school to avoid him.

When the truth came out, Mwanaidi’s family reported the crime despite pressure from the perpetrator’s family. The man who assaulted her received 12 years in prison.

IJM supported Mwanaidi in her healing, and today, she plans to study dressmaking and start a wedding dress business. Not defined by her past, she dreams of her future.

Mwanaidi’s story ends with justice. But cases like these often take months or years, requiring us to press forward with endurance even when things feel hopeless. Those are the moments when the burden is far too heavy for anyone to carry on their own.

But we were never meant to.

Micah 6:8 offers a welcome reminder of what God requires from us: “to act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly” with Him. Nothing more.

For a long time, I struggled to understand how to apply this verse to my life. Then a colleague shared an image that has stayed with me: the image of a camel.

For centuries, traders have relied on camels to carry heavy loads over long distances.

Each morning, the camel bows before its master to receive its load. It then stands strong and carries what it’s been given. At day’s end, it bows again before its master to unload the goods so it can rest.

The camel carries only what its master gives — no more, no less — and leaves everything at its master’s feet each evening.

This is where the practice of stillness comes in.

The practice of stillness is a life-saving grace. We shut out the noise and listen to God remind us that He goes before us. As we reflect, we can discern between the work that is ours to carry and the burdens we can humbly give to God to carry.

-Amanda Vohs (International Justice Mission)

When in your daily rhythm could you carve out intentional time to sit with Jesus in stillness?

11/22/2025

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11/21/2025

Dear God, the human tongue possesses a swift, regrettable tendency to revert to complaint. When faced with minor inconveniences, frustrations, discomforts, or prolonged difficulties, my immediate impulse is to vocalize discontent, dwelling on what is lacking or wrong. This habit of grumbling pollutes my inner spirit and projects negativity onto my surroundings, obscuring the vast array of blessings I possess.

I pray, Lord, that when I feel the powerful urge to complain, You would grant me the immediate discipline to redirect my words into praise and thanksgiving.

This redirection is a crucial act of spiritual transformation. It is the conscious choice to veto the negative narrative and replace it with the truth of Your goodness. When my heart prepares a word of complaint, help me to catch it, reframe it, and offer You a word of praise instead.

Where I was about to complain about the effort required, let me offer thanksgiving for the strength I possess. Where I was about to grumble about inconvenience, let me thank You for the resources I do have. Where I was about to lament the delay, let me praise You for the wisdom of Your perfect timing.

Let my mouth become an instrument of affirmation, acknowledging that even in the midst of struggle, You are still sovereign, You are still good, and Your blessings far outweigh any current hardship. Help me to cultivate a permanent language of gratitude.

11/21/2025

When you feel overwhelmed, pause and breathe. God is your peace and your steady place to rest.

11/19/2025

Lord, there are periods on this journey when the path becomes steep, rocky, and profoundly difficult. The emotional toll, the physical exhaustion, and the sustained opposition cause me to doubt my ability to continue. When the trail is hard, my instinct is to measure the challenge against my limited strength and conclude that I will inevitably fail or break down under the pressure.

I pray that when the path is hard, You will silence that doubt and remind me of the revolutionary, sustaining truth: Your power is made perfect in my weakness.

The hardness of the path, Lord, is not a mistake; it is the necessary backdrop against which Your divine power is meant to be displayed. My weakness is not an obstacle to Your intervention, but the very condition that invites it. When I reach the end of my capacity—when I cannot take one more step, think one more clear thought, or muster one more ounce of resolve—that is the exact moment Your strength becomes boundless and undeniable in my experience.

Help me to embrace the difficulty, not as a sign of my inadequacy, but as a guaranteed channel for Your sufficiency. The hardness is meant to humble me, teaching me the essential lesson of reliance. Let me surrender my striving and simply stand in the reality that Your perfect power sustains me through this impossible passage. Because the path is hard, Your grace will be clearly seen, and the victory, when it comes, will undeniably belong to You.