An Unrigid Relationship
a relationship with God not based on legalities Growing up, I always thought if I didn’t spend time with God every single day, I was a sinner and was no longer accepted. I thought that if I don’t read my Bible every single day, the relationship I had with the…
Deepening Compassion
seeking compassion when judgement tries to win At the beginning of last year, before I got married, before I moved away, before all that, one of my dear friends (who was also later one of my bridesmaids) invited me out for coffee—and I took her up on the invitation thinking…
grief and yet, hope
loss of Uncle Al A few weeks ago, my husband got news that one of his uncles had passed away. I wrote a poem in light of that and am creating this post just to memorialize that season. the service itself was beautiful and the memory of him was honored.…
Thankfulness
a month of seeing God in my life A month ago, I had shared my journey of being more thankful and in it, I mentioned a challenge in which I wanted to write out the things that I am thankful for, without using general “thanks” that I often use. I…
Quiet Faith
a faith not reliant on emotions In my last post, I mentioned that when my husband and I were driving home, he had asked me what the Lord is teaching me in this season and I didn’t quite know what that was. As Samuel continued asking me questions, I came…
Debunking Unthankfulness
choosing appreciation over expectation I’ve never really struggled with being unthankful to the degree that I have recently felt it in the last couple of weeks, and it’s a strange place to be in since I know that being thankful is a command of the Lord. And, ironically enough, Thanksgiving…
Book of James: A Reflection
overview study and things I learned The Lord prompted me to read the book of James again earlier this year and a few years ago, I had noticed there are parallels of topics and themes within the book of James that correlated with each other, but I never wrote them…
5 months into marriage
some things i’ve learned thus far: i realize and acknowledge i don’t have much room to talk about marriage just yet, but growth and learning never stops, regardless of how long i’ve been doing something. when i focus on the Lord, the natural outcome will be growth because the Lord’s…
Hope, Then Hope Again
A few months ago, I had written a short, non-sensical poem of sorts to recap the entire year of 2023, which you can read here. In it, I had written the words, “learning: when i lose hope / hope again,” not knowing that it would be a theme for me…
Speak Life
Recently, I have been praying for God to reveal to me the ways that I need to learn and grow, to be more like Him. I had a friend confront me about my words and it shook me a little bit. I had known and previously learned of words and…
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Truly Loved + Wholly Surrendered 