Young & Engaged; 7 lies to watch for

I am currently engaged and won't be for much longer, so I want to write this while it's fresh on my mind. This goes out to the engaged woman who considers herself to be pretty young. This goes out to she who has fallen into lies in her engaged season. This is me: I am…

Trusting with the Pieces

This is the year. 2017 will go down in history- my history at least. Turning to the first page of a fresh calendar, I see God in this year. Not only on the pages, but in the details. I don't know His plans; I don't know what joys and what hardships this year will hold.…

Darkness into Light

same time, different focus. takeaway: focus on the Light and darkness is dispersed.

leafing

leaf series.  

green sprout in a new season; engagement

Life is just crazy, can I get an Amen?  With each new season comes a new realm of experiences, trials, and joys. We all get that. So I decided to take a minute to share some things with you about these last several months. Let's start at the top and I'll go from there. This…

pursuit of contentment?

'Contentment' because it's a pretty all-encompassing word. What I mean by it is this: overflowing joy, unmistakable peace. To be gentle, loving, caring, and understanding. I've been pursuing this for far too long. They are great things, but never should they be the object of my pursuit. I don't know one person that would not…

finding freedom; expectations

Expectations. They demand so much but leave us conflicted. Most always, they are unhelpful and actually hurtful. And most always.. they leave us feeling empty. The culture has set burdensome expectations on our shoulders, and we can find ourselves under that pressure. Several recent conversations have left me with this conclusion: We place so much…

a small-town-summer

This summer I got the opportunity to serve down in Apalachicola, Florida with a group from my Auburn church home, First Baptist Opelika! Putting those two months into words is challenging, so I'm gonna share some lowlights, highlights and different things the Lord taught me! So lowlight: I won't pretend like there weren't any! I'll…

the Gospel

Okay so some of you may have heard the Gospel before. We live in the south so I get it- maybe you know who Jesus is! If you know what I'm talking about then that is awesome and I'm so thankful that you have been hearing about Jesus. What may come as a shock to…