Faith

In light of recent events (the shooting at Sandy Hook, the Dorner shooting and today’s explosions in Boston) I believe that I have a responsibility as one who follows Christ to shed light on why tragedy happens and what your response should be whether or not you follow Christ.  I would like to begin by admonishing you…

One of my favorite quotes – It’s from the song Be My Escape by Relient K. When I recently found out that the first guy I had dated is now engaged, I thought to myself, “Now, that’s just not fair!” As if I really deserve my life to be fair by my standards. When I…

My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness. “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”  2 Corinthians 5:21 ESV Friends,      If you haven’t already, I would encourage you to take time today…

“Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore He exalts Himself to show mercy to you.For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for Him.”Isaiah 18:30 ESV After recent battles with sin {specifically discontentment and idolatry}, I’ve been divinely inspired as to new ways to preach…

I’ve had my own struggles with joy in this season of life.  My heart has been discouraged this week by a few things and I’ve been fearful in having to make decisions that will impact the rest of my life.  Being an adult is fun and easy until you actually have to be one.  What…

In life we humans have teams. There is your home team that is always there for you no matter what. These people are family and friends who are so close to us that we consider them to be family. This is the bunch we can call at 2am. They were there when you went through…

Today as I had my annual evaluation at The Prep, more grace was bestowed on me than I ever could have imagined. The kind words that my boss had to offer about me almost made me cry (I was crying on the inside. . . if you’re a girl you get it, if you’re a…

It’s all about perspective. Okay, so my only “suffering” over the past two weeks has been regarding what I should do/need to be doing with my life career wise. I think that because I didn’t make a decision right after I graduated (I took a whopping 3 months off and just worked without being in…

BOBS shoes – walked around all day and didn’t feel one bit of discomfort! After a long and discouraging week of work, I was looking forward to going to the beach with some of the high school girlies from the youth group at my church. I was praying before we left that the Lord would…

Change is scary. Change is good. Change is an inevitable part of life. You don’t always see change coming, but sometimes you do. How do you respond to change? Do you have a heart set on grumbling or growth? Are looking for ways to reevaluate or run away? Here are some helpful hints for dealing with…