Before many of the well-known attributes of love are expressed in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, love is first described as patient. The phrase “love is patient” stopped me in my tracks last week and has constantly been brought to my mind daily by God. I have been praying about who I would go to prom with [...]
One of my mom’s friends, Mrs. Jenny, planned a trip to the Live Original Tour in Myrtle Beach. She kindly invited my family to attend with her family and youth group! About a week after my family was invited, my mom casually told me about it. She did not even realize it was the same [...]
What wounds are you hiding? God desires to use the nasty, embarrassing, and hurtful wounds we hide to tell beautiful stories of hope and redemption. In his book It’s Not What You Think, Jefferson Bethke wrote, “Only when a wound is a scar will we let it tell a story.” God is the only One [...]
What is love? Is it holding hands, receiving gifts, taking cute pictures, or having thoughtful dates? Our society wants us to believe that love is more about words and actions rather than lifestyles. We were made with a desire for love but sometimes look to all the wrong places to find it. I once had [...]
“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”-Matthew 6:33 What is the desire of your heart today? Is it a relationship, friendship, or an answer to prayer? Are you spending more time thinking of that one thing rather than seeking God about it? Having [...]
In this time of being prepared for my future husband, God is showing me what true love really looks like. God has shown me that when He sees us at our absolute worst, He also sees potential. He starts to reshape and purify our hearts and lives. He desires to know us intimately which means [...]
We grow up thinking we have to find someone who accepts us, looks at us with heart eyes, and wants to get married to spend life together. I believe that God created us for such a greater purpose than seeking earthly love for ourselves. Before we’re ready for our earthly loves, we need to know [...]
There’s a person that we all have in our lives. The one who doesn’t have the nicest clothes and doesn’t smell or behave like we do. We could easily ignore this person, but we are called to do so much more than that. We’re called to make love a verb rather than a noun. We [...]
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