Tag: grace
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You Are Not What You Achieve
“Why don’t I seem to be ‘good enough’? I should have been farther along by now. Will I ever measure up?“ Negative thoughts spiral in my mind and throughout the pages of my journal as I reflect on my goals and growth this past year. While I’m proud of my wins, I didn’t meet every…
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How God Used the Jonas Brothers to Reach Me (Part 1)
I never expected to see God work through Jonas Brothers concerts…but here we are. While the Jonas Brothers launched into stardom largely in part to Disney, I remember when they had the cover story of a Christian girls’ magazine in 2005. As pastors’ sons, they spoke about honoring God as teenagers in a secular world.…
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Guest Post: “The Deception of Perfection” (Make Me Available)
I had the privilege of writing a part of my testimony for MakeMeAvailable.com. Feel free to check out their website and read my writing there! I talk about my quest for perfection and how Jesus met me where I was at. It was His grace alone that made me – and continues to make me…
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Moving Forward for New Things
“Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” – Isaiah 43:18-19 (ESV) I wasn’t expecting to write or teach on this topic of…
Consider the Joy 