I’ve been waiting to become Momma to a little one for eight months. Many would say I have to try for an entire year before earning an infertility label. One doctor assured me that, because […]
Category: Journal
This is Plan A
My current circumstances probably look a little backwards to the rest of the world. “A private Christian college, then a state university, and now a local community college? What’s your plan, girl?” No one has […]
Fear and the Power of One Encouragement
It’s good to be back! It’s been a few months, and today I have a story to tell and some praises to shout related to my absence. When we turned the page and entered 2018 […]
2018 Word of the Year: Seek
Happy new year! One thing I’ve done for the last couple years is choose one word as a focus for the year. In 2016, it was Freedom, and I battled my perfectionism and gave my […]
Dear One, You Can Always Begin Again
“The Christian life is a series of new beginnings.” I perked up, chuckled to myself, then wrote it down as quickly as I could. With a single sentence, my pastor confirmed what had been stirring […]
I’m Not an Anxious Person
“I’m a really anxious gal,” I so quickly admit to any trusted friend or even a soul I barely know. I slap “WARNING: Worried” stickers on my chest with a hearty thump. It’s both an apology […]
Bare With Me
I tend to fall into believing that I am held to a higher standard than everyone else in the Kingdom. Satan is sneaky and tells me there’s grace for all except me. And in times when I’m believing […]
Power Made Perfect in Weakness
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power […]
Body and Soul
Body image. Unattainable weight standards. Pressure. Grace. More grace. I don’t believe this post will be groundbreaking by any means. God recently planted truth in me about an issue that so many women have faced and overcome by […]
Gabrielle Ruth Writes 