We live in a society that is so impatient. Our culture has molded us into thinking that we are entitled to whatever we want, right when we want it. And when we don’t get it when we want it, society also tells us that we are allowed to complain about that.  Your package didn’t arrive… Continue reading He’s in the Waiting

Diving right in today! This journal entry really resonated with me today. I had fully intended skipping a few pages in one of my old journals to find something really cool to write about and reflect on, but when I read this one a word kept popping into my head: waiting. “Waiting” has been the… Continue reading December 23, 2012: A Savior Returning

  So often I doubt who God is and what He can do. So often I forget His faithfulness and the mountains He’s moved for me. I become overwhelmed. Run down. Tired. Completely done. “God looks down from heaven on all mankind” to see if there are any seeking Him. “But there they are, overwhelmed with… Continue reading A Reminder (A Poem)

What are you thankful for? Usually, this is a question that a lot of people ask around Thanksgiving. We don’t really hear it a lot outside of those three days in November where the kids are off school and everyone gathers around a table to eat a huge meal, followed by watching some football, and… Continue reading So, So Thankful

Although we live in such a broken world, this is the world that our savior was born into. This is the world that he wanted to save. Those words, written in my journal from 2012, are still applicable. Especially today. Our world right now is so full of violence and hate, political arguments and negativity.… Continue reading December 16, 2012: A Savior Victorious

Sidenote before I dive in: I’m laughing at the entry that I’m going to be writing about today because it’s June, and my journal entry today is from the first Sunday of advent circa 2012. But how cool that I get to revisit the concept of Darkness vs. Light today and what it means for… Continue reading Darkness vs. Light

This is a phrase that one of my former coleaders used to say to me often when we would share about what God was doing in our lives: Hindsight is 20/20. In other words, everything makes sense now, even though it might have been hard to understand before. As my first year of teaching comes… Continue reading Hindsight is 20/20

  November 26, 2012 was one of the first times I opened the book of 1 John and really dove in to what was being said in the scriptures. I began to break it down and really soak in what it had to say. “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which… Continue reading When I Fell In Love with 1 John

Looking back at this entry could not have come at a better time. Seeing as 2016 has just started, our culture tells us things like “Become a better you!” and “It’s page 1 of 365… How are you going to write your story?” (Sidenote: I can’t tell you how many of those posts I saw… Continue reading Gospel Peace

11/12/12 Philippians 4:4-9 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and thanksgiving present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your… Continue reading Straight from the Journal