As Christian women, using the Bible is the only way we will ever be able to quiet the noise and chaos around us and within us. Whatever you're dreading about this season, give it over to the Lord. What is that one thing that has ‘‘snuck up on you’’ yet again?

I struggle to feel the relentless love of God. When I look at my life, I often feel like the love I receive from God, relents. In thinking about the theme for this issue, I knew I did not know what it was to be loved relentlessly. Not for lack of relentless love being offered, but for lack of understanding of how to respond to a love I’m not sure I feel.