One vivid memory I have from my childhood is of me standing on my front porch. I had called my best friend, gotten our moms to confirm our plans, and stood on my porch expectantly waiting to see her mom’s car pull into my driveway. Even before my friend sometimes left her home, I would [...]
My best friend here at school has a speaking engagement at home this weekend. I was helping her pack, pick out her clothes, and prepare for her trip three nights ago. It was past midnight whenever my roommate texted me letting me know she would be leaving for this weekend too. What was I going [...]
Perfection was God’s original design for the world. He created humans in the setting of perfection. This explains why the images on my home Pinterest board consist of decorated and tidy spaces. My innate need for perfection often comes out in obsessive organizing or feeling like the growth of friendships rests in my hands. Since [...]
On the first day of 2020, my heart longing for movement found itself at the edge of the woods. I had carried a chair to the end of a long path and sat as the words in me were poured out to God. Trees around me screamed winter. I desired the florals of spring, the [...]
Mondays and this coffee shop tends to brew the work and ideas of Jesus within me. Have you ever thought much about what you’re thinking of? Inward cleanup has been what I have had going on. God is showing me that I am a wreck without Him. Sometimes you and I fall captive to believing [...]
So many times the "no" answers we receive from God are quickly ignored or quickly rejected. We want to hear a yes. “Why won’t You let this happen, God? Can’t You just approve of this schedule I have made for You to move on?” This sounds ridiculous yet you and I find ourselves asking these [...]
A few weeks before moving to college, I took in a sermon based on God’s grace. The pastor shared that we are under a false belief if we think our good deeds gain our eternities in Heaven. This was not a new concept to me, but God shed light on areas I was living in [...]
I woke up thinking of a friend of mine who is getting married soon. She has already been given a few family treasures to add to her future house. Her wedding registry at Target is crafted so detailed holding items she and her fiancé have chosen. I thought of the resemblance young married couples have [...]
I am currently sitting outdoors at Liberty University’s library coffee shop. College students and some parents are walking, riding bikes, and driving cars onto campus. Two little birds just perched on the patio. I am so in awe of the goodness of my God and His faithfulness. Today is August 21, 2020 and my fourth [...]
I came home from vacation in the dark. My family returned to a home void of all electricity. We left a beach house pumping with power only to come lay in a house stuffy with heat and tiny sources of light. Fumbling around in the dark, I walked up the stairs to my front porch [...]
