Being single can be very challenging. There is the loneliness, uncertainty of the future, feeling like a third wheel, frustration of dating, and wondering if God really has a plan. On top of that, there are many myths and misunderstandings that come with singleness. Our friends and family try to be encouraging, but they can…
We all have mind battles—things that trigger our thought processes to go into overdrive with worry, stress, anxiety, analysis paralysis, and fear. We can relate to these feelings because we’ve experienced one or more of them on multiple occasions throughout our lives. It’s a struggle because these emotions are controlling us. We cannot win the…
I’ve both read and experienced that the way we start our mornings can determine how the rest of the day goes. When our mornings are frenzied, hurried, and stressful, our afternoons typically follow suit. The stress of not having enough time to eat a decent breakfast, looking for the missing shoe that can’t be found,…
“I want to be a wise woman and use my words to help, heal, honor, benefit, and build up those who listen.” ~Wendy Pope Being an adult is hard sometimes—really really hard. A multitude of “standards” and opinions swirl around us daily, trying to define us on their terms, often leaving us in a wake…
Do you ever have so many thoughts swirling around in your head that you can’t process them all? Recently, I spent the evening on my laptop, jumping from one internet article to the next. So many choices. So many voices. How could I select the best and bypass the rest? I went to bed feeling…
I shifted my weight from one foot to the other and hoped no one would answer my knock. As the door opened in front of me, my heart beat faster. “Uh,” I said as I looked up into the eyes of the adult before me. I was in fourth grade. Every year, my Christian school…