"Trust in the Lord with all your heart" Proverbs 3:5
In college I really began to come into my faith. I started learning what it was like to have a relationship with Jesus and live out my faith every day. I was excited about beginning to walk on this faith journey that was more than Sunday mornings and praying when I needed something. I began [...]
As I was reading Matthew 21, this conversation between Jesus and the Pharisees caught my particular attention: 23 Jesus entered the temple courts, and, while he was teaching, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him. “By what authority are you doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave you this authority?” 24 Jesus [...]
I've learned a part of maturing is doing the things you don't wan't to do but know you need to do. At least, that's what I told myself one Sunday as I got ready for church. My body was charged with anxiety, my mind weighed down from the difficult week. I was getting emotional thinking [...]
We all have big dreams and plans we insert into our faith journey, all the while forgetting that the number one thing God wants from us is relationship.
I ended my last blog post with a verse from Proverbs. “A gentle answer turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.” Proverbs 15:1 I think a lot of us can attest to this verse. We’ve been on a receiving side of someone snapping an angry answer at us, only to feel that [...]
I've been angry for a long time about a lot of things. I was consumed by bitterness that was uncharacteristic of me, and I didn't know what to do. Then I looked to the gentleness of Jesus.
I settled down in the lawn chair, looking out into the changing colors of the woods, wrapping my blanket around my legs. The air was cool, a slight breeze picking up every now and then. The sun was shining down on my face through the trees, warming me. I reached into my backpack and pulled [...]
“Courageous.” That was the word that came to me as I laid on my yoga mat, surrounded by my coworkers. Half of our monthly meeting was dedicated to self-care and time with Jesus, initiated by group yoga. Our instructor had told us to breathe in deeply and exhale out one word, one prayer, over and [...]
For a long time I’ve carried an image of the ideal person I wish to be. This person does everything right. She knows exactly who she is. She goes to bed early, she works out, spends time with God, writes every day, eats well, maintains relationships and makes everyone she knows feel loved. She is [...]
I finished a journal today*--the first journal I have ever finished front to back. It has taken me over a year to fill, and cover to cover it is full of my faith journey over the past year and three months. Its pages hold my deepest transformations, so much of what God has taught me, [...]
Always Emily 