I have allowed myself to get pretty busy these past two months and slightly overwhelmed, always moving on to the next thing. With finals at school, birthdays, helping to plan a retirement party for a wonderful French professor (such a blessing), receiving two scholarships at the city college I study at (praise God, Hallelujah!), the normal… Continue reading be still and know
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kneeling before God
This weekend I had to finish (or start) a ten-page paper for my art history class. Okay, so, for some that's not a big deal, for others it's a huge deal, but the point is that I just didn't see how it could be possible that I would complete ten pages about one painting. That's it,… Continue reading kneeling before God
out of the ashes
Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow... Isaiah 1:18 It never ceases to amaze me what God does for me every single day of my life. Even by the hour He is guiding me and revealing to me His grace and wisdom. Jesus is the great hope of my… Continue reading out of the ashes
when apathy strikes
I go through rollercoasters of emotions, highs and lows. I can really get caught up in the sorrow of this world and get consumed by how much darkness there is, wondering what we can do to change it. I am bothered by our culture, the emptiness, the destruction of lives, families, morals, the wasting away of everything good. It hurts… Continue reading when apathy strikes
the good news
Yesterday in church, after the sermon while the "prayer counselors" were down at the end of the aisles, available to pray with anyone who would like to, something caught my eye. One of the prayer counselors across the room was a bigger gentleman, tall and built pretty tough, with black-rimmed glasses. I was only looking… Continue reading the good news