Category Personal Struggles ~ Growth

I’m taking a quick break from packing up before I hit the road again (I can never stay still these days, ah my crazy life!) to update you all after my last post requesting prayer. First of all, let me…

It’s after 1 am and I’m still at work. It’s just been one of those days where it seemed like nothing went right – the enemy wouldn’t leave me alone, and I’ve felt defeated, overwhelmed, and TIRED. It’s my own…

I don’t know what to say except that — HELP!!! Those of you who read this blog are such blessings in my life – offering constant encouragement for all I’m doing. I can’t thank you enough for that! It’s because…

Okay, before you all start calling to ask me who I’m marrying – no, I’m not announcing on my blog that I’m engaged to a man with children. (Mom, breathe a sigh of relief). I’m not engaged at all. This…

About a year ago my friend Matt Vaughn said something profound. It’s stuck with me, and God brought it to mind this week. Selfishness seeks comfort. Love endures pain. I’ve been meditating on those words lately. I looked up what…

The chairs weren’t that bad. Wooden chairs, pretty well made… but they were old and they looked the part. They’d come unglued in places, they were split here and there, a chunk out of places where they’d been dropped or…

If you’ve read my last two blogs, you know I’ve been sorting through some friendships that have left me brokenhearted and struggling with rejection and abandonment. In the midst of it all God has been speaking to my heart. Though…

“God, who do you say I am?” In the midst of my struggles with rejection, criticism, and abandonment – this is the question I have found myself asking. I’ve asked it often, especially over the past week. The enemy longs…

Rejected, criticized, abandoned… these are the words, the thoughts, the emotions I’ve been struggling with lately in my life. Let me stop here and say- I don’t want this to just be a “woe is me” post, I’m not looking…