People change. Friends move away.Start new jobs. They meet new people and make new friends. They get busy and stop reaching out as frequently. They make time for things that aren’t you while you’re left wondering what you did to become last on their list. Or worse, you find yourself replaced by someone new, leaving …
Most of the time, there’s no warning.No written notice in the mail. No alarm bells to tell you something’s wrong. Or maybe you just didn’t recognize all the wrong until it shows up unannounced at the door of the relationship in question. Having someone you love walk out of your life and never look back …
I don’t normally tell people this, but I’m a recovering perfectionist. Back in high school and early college, I loved taking notes. Elegant, aesthetic, perfect pages of biology and chemistry lectures. Fancy flashcards for presentations and literary terminology littered my bedroom floor. I spent hours upon hours making sure I had gotten everything written down …
I am enough. I used to tell myself this all the time. Even if I didn’t necessarily believe it, I would speak it over myself until it was all I could hear. But it never seemed to work. It never moved me to love myself more. It never inspired me to accept my flaws as …
Sometimes I get stuck. Stuck inside my head. Surrounded by anxiety. Overwhelmed by earthly things. I’ve noticed that when my focus shifts to things of this world, I lose sight of the Kingdom of Heaven. Not only is this a dangerous slippery slope, but it makes everything I’m going through feel heavier than it needs …
To-lists are never-ending. The busyness of life rarely settles down or gives us permission to settle in. Just when it feels like we’ve finally tackled one growing pile of responsibilities, another pile multiplies beside the first. Chaos is hardly ever planned and always arrives at the most inconvenient times. Quieting our minds as our thoughts …
I know that many people, at the beginning of a new year, pick out a word they want to focus on for the remainder of that year. I’ve never been one to try to find a word I want to encapsulate my entire year. I love words and typically can’t imagine tying myself to just …
It was early in the morning, well before the sun was up when my dad called me. I was fast asleep so I didn’t pick up the first time my phone rang beside my bed. Then, seconds later, it rang again. Maybe it was an emergency. I should probably pick it up. So I did. …
A few years ago, I was out getting ice cream with a friend downtown. It was a beautiful, sunny afternoon– radiating the kind of warmth that makes the ice cream melt faster than you can eat it. As we were entangled in conversation near the front entrance of the building, a woman with a walking …
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths” (Proverbs 3:5-6). Whenever I hear this verse, I convince myself I know what it means. It’s a simple instruction, but applying it to my daily life is where …
