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As a little girl, I had a fascination with lockets. When I was given one of my own, I wore it every day. I put it in a special place on my dresser at night. I cleaned it faithfully. I didn't care if it matched my dress or if it didn't match my dress. I loved my locket.

But it was empty.

My mom owned one with a picture of my dad in it. I dreamed of the day I would wear a picture next to my heart of the man I loved.

As the years went by, God revealed to me that my view of Him is often mirrored in that little locket.

Like most, I live with things too big to shoulder.

I grew up convinced that God is big enough to carry anything. He can carry the things too heavy for me. He split the sea. He rides the heavens to my help. No wall is too strong for Him to overcome.

But in my day-to-day life, I tend to put God in my "locket"--a special place next to my heart. Close enough to open and look at and be reminded I'm loved and cared for, but a view of Him I can close up tight. A view that's locket-sized, and my faith in Him becomes just as small. It's there. In a safe place next to my heart.

But it's too small for my big needs.

I've often wondered how many Christians wear this same locket. We love God. We treasure Him. We hold Him tightly in a special place next to our hearts.

But we tend to keep Him inside our tiny, made-up treasured place, while our lives loom large. We toss and turn at night. We're impatient with loved ones. We sigh. We forget to smile and be grateful.

Our view of God remains closed in a beautiful place next to our hearts, while our lives weigh heavy.

In this blog, I share truth about God. Truths of His greatness and power. Reminders that I have a God too big to fit in my locket-sized understanding.

Like you, I have things I love about life. Curling up with a good book. Fireflies. Arnold Palmers. Coffee with friends.

But in the midst of what I love, I need a God who can handle what I can't.

So I write about Him.

To remind myself.

To remind my readers.

We'll try to fit Him inside a locket-sized theology, but He will never fit there.

He's always bigger.

Big enough.

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