"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 and a believed identity offered alongside all the other facts that make me, me: "Hi! I'm a college student. I [...]
Tag: journal
Our Wedding Vows
One of my goals for 2017 was to blog at least once a month throughout the year. The month of May has flown by, however, with finishing up the semester, Dellan's graduation from Iowa State, wedding details, baby sis's high school graduation, our wedding weekend, and now the beginning of our honeymoon in the Smoky Mountains(!!). After [...]
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 his lies, my lifestyle clearly shifts. I become much less vulnerable with the people I love. I don't talk about my [...]
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 of Christ may rest upon me. 2 Corinthians 12:9 (ESV) While I was in Ho Chi Minh City this summer, [...]
The One About My Fiancé
Would it really be Valentine's Day if I didn't gush about Dellan for a hot second? I don't think today would even count as a true Tuesday if I didn't. Our story is so sweet because it is soaked in Jesus's glory. There are parts I'd like to leave out and parts that I couldn't [...]
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 his grace. It's brand new to me, though, so here comes some writing worship to commemorate his goodness. junior year of [...]
2 0 1 6 Altars
Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. Genesis 12:7 (ESV) Abram saw God's hand in his life and was so moved that he had to commemorate the event in tangible worship. God spoke, [...]
