Sufferings

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are you being yourself?

     As I entered college two questions kept coming up in my thoughts, are you being yourself and are you truly living for Christ as you say you want to? The first semester I would put them aside and make excuses for them. When I would make excuses the main one that kept occurring consisted of, 'I am still young, I don't know everything, and I have a lot more to learn.' I am ashamed for making those excuses because in reality I kept searching for knowing it all. And what is so beautiful of God's work, He doesn't call us to know it...

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an inexpressible joy

inexpressible: to great to be expressed or uttered; indescribable      So.. let me start with how this word came up in my vocabulary. I am not one to use a wide variety of word choices so the fact that this has stuck with me makes me so excited! And not only has it stuck with me as a word, but as a feeling of joy too. I was reading in the New Testament a few weeks back and in 1 Peter it describes a joy for God as inexpressible. I sat there for a while, thinking about that kind of joy and curious on what that feeling must be like....

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truth

     I was reading Christine Cain's blog earlier. And after reading a post, a saying stuck with me. "we cant just do church, we got to be church" Wow, it gives me the chills to even say it myself! Why do I get the chills? Because it is the truth. And whenever God speaks the truth to me, I get chills. Because I don't like to veer away from the truth, especially God's.      Growing up my parents stressed the importance of obeying. And so I did, well for the most part. But whenever I disobeyed, the inside of me would...

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living in the now

         How many times have you wished you could jump forward in time or go back in time? For me, that has been too many. I have talked in another post about this topic, but God is still teaching me. I am thrilled about this summer, I do not know yet what I will be doing, but I get to be home for several months. I am thrilled just to see my family on an everyday basis and to have that support with me as I start my days.      Okay, lets jump back in time... say a year ago. I was dying to graduate from...

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overcoming stress

     How many times do we let the world and society bring unwanted stress upon us? Many times I feel as if the world is pulling me down, purposefully making me seem stress. We must stop letting the world win that battle. Satan knows when we become stress he can enter our lives, letting that weakness overcome us.      Each day we wake up, stress can be knocking at our door. And we can make the choice to open it or not. We let it in so easily when we wake up forgetting about God and going straight into our activities....

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the love aroma

Dear friends, no one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.  1 John 4:12     Why is it on mission trips we instantly and constantly start loving on people we do not know, but then, when we get back to our daily routines we don't show love to the people who pass by in our daily routines? Don't they need to see Jesus' love too? Its like we give an excuse that because this is our daily routine, we don't have time to treat every single person with love and respect. I'm not...

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daddy's girl

     Today is my dad's birthday! Being here in college, it makes me homesick not to be with my family on his birthday. We were blessed to spend time as a family for my mom's birthday, sister's birthday and my birthday. But I know my dad is thinking that its okay, because we got to be together for all of ours. And that brings him joy. He has always put Jesus first in his life and us three women second. And I admire that of him so much.      Growing up as a kid, dad never persuaded me to be anyone but myself. If I wanted...

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stillness and patience

     For such a small five letter word, faith has a huge meaning. Not only does it have a definition meaning, it is how we as followers of Christ must live. We must have faith in Jesus Christ and we must live by our faith in Him.      Back in the fifth grade we were given an assignment in english to write a poem about faith. I remember at the time thinking I don't even know how to write a poem and I for sure don't even understand what faith means. I do not exactly know what I wrote about that day, but maybe I can come...

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Hope in Him

This week, I have been reading in the book of Romans. Last night, I came across a verse that was like a sparkling star waiting for me to read. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his  love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.  Romans 5:5 Let me go back to a few months ago in my life. Through the month of December I kept hearing people say their hope was is in Christ Jesus. I remember questioning and thinking on what that meant exactly. I had basically concluded this: If I tell Jesus what...

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No Holding Back

This past weekend, I got to participate at my home church's DNOW. It was an absolute incredible weekend to be apart of. I went to my first DNOW in eighth grade. Each year I learned and grew so much in my walk with Jesus. This was the first year I got to be on the other side of things, leading a family group. I have one word to describe it, "wow!" It was such a cool experience. For me I felt less pressure... and your probably saying what?! after that comment. But its true. For so many years growing up, I loved Jesus but I made myself feel like I...

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FamilyImpacts

For the first eighteen years of my life, I grew up seeing a family member every single day (okay so maybe a total of 4 weeks out of the eighteen years did I not, due to vacation trips). But the point I am seeing... everyday I saw or talked to a family member. They were there to start my day off and there when it ended. A simple "good morning, we love you" was such a great foundation to start my day. My family is aware of how emotional I can get and the stress I can bring upon myself. And looking back on those first eighteen years, they provided...

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Strength&Courage

I am so blessed and thankful for where I am in life. Being here in college has taught me so much. Everyday brings a new life lesson. Sometimes, those life lessons can be hard to accept. And when they are, all I can do is pray and let God work through them. Each day comes with a choice. A choice of accepting the day as it is or not. Independence. This word describes a lot about college for me. Some people have a hard time in their transition to live independently. But for me I was thrilled to experience it. I love having the options to do what...

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being content

Growing up, I have always had a weakness with wanting to be in the next stage of my life. For instance, in middle school, I could not wait to bolt out of my small private school and go to a new school. Then once I got to that new school, I realized I missed my old school and those friends. Then, all four years I spent in high school, I kept wishing upon college. And I hate having to admit to this, but even while I have been here in college I have been wishing for living the "young adult" life- meeting a future husband one day, planning our wedding,...

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happiness.

What is it in your life that brings you happiness? No, the question is not what makes your friends happy nor is it asking what makes your family happy. The question is what makes you happy? Are you living the life you love? This past Christmas I got a present from my younger cousins. It was a simple car smell good to hang over my rearview mirror. On it said, "Live the life you love." Ever since opening that a month ago, I have found myself repeating...

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Hello There!

So in case you are wondering who I am... I am a freshman in college living my life for Jesus. I am not perfect nor will I ever be. I learned and am still learning, since back in my freshman year of high school, that no matter how hard I strive to be perfect, I will never achieve. But what I do know, I can do anything and everything through Jesus, my Savior. I often try to do everything myself, I have a hard time letting go of control. I am very inpatient and must admit, I like things to be done in my timing. But Jesus, He.. He knows my weaknesses....

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