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To the Woman Who Feels Broken Beyond Repair: experiencing God's redeeming work in our lives

4/5/2018

All of us have a story. A past, a present, a future.

There’s a lot that tries to write our story for us. Shame, suffering, brokenness, seasons of waiting, insecurities, unfulfilled longing, loneliness, hurts, fears, conflict, failures, rejections, poor choices, loss, worries, disappointments.

We can feel shame about our past. We can have struggles and suffering in the present. We can be scared about our future.

Life can be messy. Our stories can be messy. We can be messy.

And the enemy tries to use the mess to write a story of messy brokenness. He tries to write labels on us, so we’ll live in the broken places, named as Broken Beyond Repair.

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To the Woman Who Feels Inadequate: allowing God to work in our weakness

3/15/2018

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I’ve had the amazing opportunity to go on four different missions trips in four different countries.

I’ve had the super fun blessing of being a leader at youth camp.

I’ve been able to be involved in various roles of church ministry since I graduated from high school.

And in each of these settings, I’ve felt inadequate in some way or another. In leading, in teaching, in interacting, in connecting, in sharing, in some way I’ve felt my abilities or my personality (or both) to fall short.

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To the Girl Caught Up in Comparison: finding freedom from jealousy & living your life joyfully

2/22/2018

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Scrolling social media, seeing snapshots of other’s lives, reading snippets of other’s stories, everything looking so perfect and happy, everyone seeming to have the things I desire but don’t have, and I find myself caught up in comparison.

She has more friends. She has more fun. She has a better figure. She has a better life. She’s better than me. I’m not good enough. I wish I was more like her and had what she had. Then I would be happy. Then I would feel significant.

The comparison trap has sprung, and I am caught. What started out as casual pursuing of social media has turned into an assault on my self-worth and a draining of my joy.

Have you ever found yourself caught up in comparison?

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When You're Feeling Stuck: how to live in beauty, grow in faith, & not give up

2/8/2018

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We are five weeks into 2018.

How are those New Year’s Resolutions holding up in this first month? Maybe you’re still going strong… maybe you’ve already given up.

There’s just something about the start of a new year that makes us want to begin anew; that gives us new resolve to strive for something more, to go for it, to take the next step, to not just dream but to chase those dreams.

But I know, as the newness of the year fades, our strength to strive and go for it and dream can fade as well. The busyness and to-dos of life crowd in and push away the dreams and wear on our resolve.

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To the Girl Whose Dreams Aren't Coming True: how to live with purpose and enjoy the life you have right now

11/2/2017

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Last month was my birthday. My golden birthday. I turned 26 on the 26th.

I remember as a little girl looking forward to that special golden birthday, which in my young mind was so distant, and somehow seemed a bit magical.

Now, it’s come and gone.

My life looks a lot different now than how the daydreams of the little-girl-me had envisioned it.

But there are some dreams that have stuck with me since my little-girl imaginings. Some dreams that I’ve held in my heart for as long as I can remember, waiting and hoping and longing. And I don’t know when those dreams will come true.

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