When fall brings both good news and hard news, faith can still stand firm and I have peace. Not peace that surpasses understanding, but an understanding of peace.
The Year of Brave: Diabetes, Pyelonephritis, and Ovarian Cyst (My 2018 Recap)
Brave was my One Word for 2018 and honestly, I felt like Amy Adams in Justice League where Lois Lane told Clark Kent, “I wasn’t brave. You would’ve been disappointed in me.” Last year, brave didn’t look like what I thought it would…what I wanted it to look like. I wanted brave new worlds and […]
The One Thing I Didn’t Think I Had to Be Brave For
Hillary Scott sang, “I’m so confused. I know I heard you loud and clear. So I followed through. Somehow I ended up here. I don’t wanna think. I may never understand that my broken heart is a part of your plan. When I try to pray, all I’ve got is hurt and these four words. […]
God’s Reminder Through a Weed
I go for a walk and find these pretty, tiny, yellow flowers growing everywhere. I pluck some stems to bring home and find a patch of it growing by the driveway. I stick the flowers in a bottle of water and place it in my room. It turns out, these flowers wake and sleep like […]
10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Joining the Ministry (Part 1)
I believe that we all have a ministry. It’s whatever God called us to do (may it be at home, work, a charity, online, etc). I also believe that a sign of spiritual growth is getting involved in a ministry at your church or faith community (Ephesians 4:11-16). One of my goals in moving forward in this […]