Have you ever found yourself greatly discouraged and flipped through your own notes/pictures/prayers with God, and those scribbles ministered to you? Yep. I'm discovering through a really rough season that my faith in God is a foundation. You can't tear down a wall without running into your foundation. It's incredibly important to solidify your faith, to … Continue reading God Isn’t Willy Wonka
I've been quiet because I've been waiting. And while you wait and there are no news, why speak up? There are several parts of my life that have been in transition, unanswered. I've been praying and waiting. I've tried not to complain, or get my hopes up, or become pessimistic. I am writing this right … Continue reading Even Now
Life has been vibrant and wonderful. I've been trying to understand what Jesus meant by "fullness of life" and not get it twisted with "obligation of life" or "busyness of life" or any other kind of misconception of the meaning of FULLNESS. My walk with God has gone through natural periods of ebbing and flowing, … Continue reading Ebb and Flow
As a child, it was so easy to believe it all. I wanted to be everything when I grew up. Well, now it's here. I'm grown up. This is the age when adults do adult things. I'm turning 29 in less than a month, and the people I babysat are grown up, too. As for … Continue reading Overflow and Fairytales
This week, I took a hike in Chattanooga, TN. I hiked alone. There were places I wanted to see, and I was tired of waiting for a perfect day. The weather forecast looked terrible. Rainy and freezing cold. I looked at it and didn't believe it for a second. I hoped it'd clear up. It did. … Continue reading Lover’s Leap
Sometimes it feels like I'm chasing after something I may never fully grasp. Maybe it's the planner in me, or the drive to grow and improve, right? My eyesight is pretty bad on both eyes, and it could very well be from squinting to the future so much with the eyes of my heart. Is it … Continue reading Contentment
I had no idea what was coming for me in 2015. For starters, I realized who my true friends are. They call, they care, and they answer. They ask the hard questions. They visit me, too! They choose me. They pray for and with me. They give me a ton of grace for those 'in … Continue reading 2015 Recap & Sweet ’16
