Tag: learning
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Refuge
I have wanted to write. Over the last year the words have felt thick, stuck together like honey, making it impossible to separate them into a logical sentence. A sputtering inspiration, fluttering out of reach as I grasp at it uselessly. My reading of the Word dry, verses that instantly vanish from memory. What does…
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hard pressed
I found myself kneeling on the shower floor, forehead pressed against the glass. Deep sorrow poured over me just as the water did, soaking me through. I reigned my sobs in, quiet in the noise of the shower, tears squeezing through my tightly shut eyes. The burdens pressed so heavily on my shoulders I was…
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Gentle Reminders
*I am not a therapist or counselor, and I am explaining my own personal experience. If you are struggling with trauma, I would encourage you to see a trained professional for help. My mind begins to go over that one particularly distressing memory. In this moment, forgiveness only does so much to…
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When Singleness Hurts
I was single during all of my teen years, and into my early 20’s. I know that me dating someone now at twenty-four is still pretty young, but I would ask that you don’t immediately discount what I have to say in this post. Do you ever find that articles on singleness often seem to…
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Life Lately
“Bogged down. Stressed. Anxious. Suffocated. I feel like I’m fighting for each breath. Suffocating, taking each day slowly as it drags me down. Just trying to survive, forget about thrive. I survive each day, but do I live it?” I wrote that on February 2. How dismal, isn’t it? I felt so hopeless, so drained…
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Reflections on Greece
This morning I was thinking of my trip to Greece. Three and a half months ago I boarded a plane and went on a crazy adventure. It seems so long ago, but almost as if it was yesterday as well. How strange to think of who I was then. My first international missions trip. My…
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Time
“A thousand moments that I had just taken for granted- mostly because I had assumed that there would be a thousand more.” ~Morgan Matson, Second Chance Summer I saw that quote the other day and it stopped me in my tracks. There are quotes or songs that I hear that make me pause in my…
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True Self
How often we hear the advice of embracing who we really are! Just let go of others expectations and be yourself! Embrace my true self? If so, then I would be: uncaring, selfish, rude, greedy, self-centered, entitled, unforgiving, loveless, and many more things. No, I do not want to embrace my true self. I want…
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The Bible Passage
One of the first nights in Greece I was really homesick, so I got out the Bible my mom had sent with me. It’s actually my Dad’s travel Bible. There is a piece of paper in the Bible that had two verses written on it, so I looked them up and they just fit so…
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The Refugees
The refugees are remarkably beautiful. The women have long wavy hair that is super glossy and many, many of them (men too) have gorgeous hazel or blue green eyes. It’s so striking against their dark hair and skin. The little children are ridiculously cute. It was so fun to watch the little kids playing; children…
More Than A Sparrow 