“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish?” (Psalm 22:1 NIV) How often, in some form or another, do we, like Jesus–use these words? It’s okay for us to be mad or upset with God. But we can’t be …
Slaves to Unforgiveness (Part 1)
Disclosure: In order to fund this blog, this post contains affiliate links. That means that if you make a purchase using a link in this post, I may make a portion of the profit from that purchase. I think it’s funny how God likes to use my own words against me in …
What Working in Retail Taught Me
“Honey, appreciate having a healthy body while you still do.” *Cringes* I heard this on numerous occasions while working in retail, and I believe one other time outside of working. Here’s the thing: my body might look healthy, but on the inside there’s a lot going on that’s not particularly good. At the time, I was …
That Email!
I got the email a few days ago that I’ve been waiting for! Approval to post this. And I’m so excited about it I just didn’t know how to put it into words. But here we go. I’m writing a book…(which I’ll give you more details on in the future ;)). That book is almost complete. …
FR Strong
I’ll never forget the morning of April 9, 2014. I was in homeroom and I got a text from my friend Katia. She said to pray for two kids in her school because they got stabbed. I said I would, thinking that they got stabbed on the way to school or something. Then she told …
Salty?
This world is a dark place, but I don’t have to tell you that because all it takes is picking up the remote and turning on the news or looking at Facebook to remind you just how dark it is. With the terror attack in Brussels last week, more local events and so many other …
The Hard Times
You never think that the things you see on the news would happen to you or someone you know. But they do. I never thought I’d see a high school 20 minutes away from mine where my two best friends were enrolled on the news after a stabbing. But I did. I never thought I’d …
Silent Saturday
The one they placed all of their hope in was gone. Saturday was the day they didn’t know if Jesus was coming back. He said He would, but He was now in a tomb. What were they supposed to do? What were they supposed to think?
The Holiday I’ve Never Understood
I can’t be the only one who hasn’t thought that calling the Friday before Easter “good” made any sense whatsoever, can I? Nothing inherently good comes to mind of the events that happened on “Good Friday.” Let’s take a look at the events of the day, shall we? Judas was a close friend of Jesus had already …
Break the Fall
I was outside with my 3 year old sister a few months ago and we were playing in the backyard. We have a clubhouse kind of thing that the kids play on. There’s this ladder to climb up to the top so you can go down the slide. Well, I was being cautious and was …