Here’s what I know intellectually: I need to trust God not just in the good times, but in the trying times too. In the good times, it’s easy to trust God. It’s easy to praise and worship Him. Not so much in the trying times. When I’m faced with challenges, trials, pain and suffering, it…
On Love- Dating and Celibacy
Dating has never been easy for me. To be honest I’ve never done much dating in the true sense of the word. I’ve always just kind of fallen into relationships, whether casual or serious ones. I have gone on a handful of dates in my time. And I’ve probably been stood up on as many…
On Life – Living Through Anxiety
Have you ever had this experience in life where you think you’re done dealing with something, and then it rears its ugly head up out of nowhere and knocks you off what you thought were stable feet? That’s what anxiety is for me. I can be doing alright, feeling that I have my anxiety under…
On Faith- Uninhibited Faith
Lately I’ve been thinking about my faith in God and I’ve been reflecting on how I want my faith to transfer to more areas of my life. I’ve been thinking about how my faith needs to be more than just believing there is a God. It needs to be more than just believing God is…
On Love- The Love is Always There
Love. It’s a hard thing to pin down. I’ll confess, I think about it a lot. As a 40 year-old single woman who’s never been married, it kind of stays on my mind. Not always in the forefront or in a dominant kind of way, but as this undercurrent that’s always there, just below the…
On Life – Define Your Own Vision of Success
It’s been quite some time since I’ve written a post because of, well… life. I’ve been trying to get acclimated to my new job as an Education Specialist. This new position requires me to juggle several things at once. I am teaching 2 reading intervention classes and 1 academic support class. I am pushing in…
On Faith – Keeping the Faith Isn’t Always Easy to Do
Lately I’ve been realizing how difficult it can be to truly have faith in God. It’s not a one-time decision. It’s a decision we must make daily, sometimes multiple times a day, to trust God and have faith in His higher ways. I’m reminded of a song by Swoope called “Faith Walk.” In it there…
On Love – The Love Is Hard To Find Right Now
I have been struggling to write this past week, specifically because of what has been going on in our country- mass shootings in Gilroy, El Paso and Dayton. All within one week. All driven by hate. It’s all left me with a sick feeling in my stomach. This feeling is a mixture of being heartbroken…
On Life – Embracing What’s To Come
Well, tomorrow is my birthday and I will officially turn 40. I have no problem with growing older; I’ve always embraced and accepted it. But what’s hard for me sometimes, is thinking about all the time I’ve wasted in life. I mean, all the years I spent drinking, partying, clubbing, etc., added absolutely zero value…
On Faith- Hope says it can happen, Faith says it will happen
Hope and Faith. Faith and Hope. You’re gonna need these two things to get through this life in one piece; to make it through your struggles and face the challenges that come your way. You’ll need them if you expect to keep getting back up, after life inevitably knocks you down. Hope is believing that…