Are you a people pleaser? I am. As a little girl, I was often pushed aside by others my age, and I struggled with what my peers thought of me. As I grew up, I became even more concerned about others' perception of me. I did everything I could think of to be the person... Continue Reading →
It's funny how we can look at others and know just how they should respond towards hard life events, and yet, when it's us, we find it so difficult. We look at the Israelites in the wilderness and during the time of the judges and sigh heavily. "C'mon guys, why can't you just trust God?... Continue Reading →
When reading through the Bible, we come across many different types of events. Some, like the story of David and Goliath, are exciting, encouraging us to trust God, while others, like Paul's letter to Philemon, overflow with compassion. Adam and Eve's sin in the Garden of Eden cause us to mourn their rebellion, and we... Continue Reading →
How much do you love God? Now, before you reply with the response we're all tempted to provide on auto-pilot (namely, "a lot"), let's stop and put a bit more thought into our answers. * * * Since... Continue Reading →
Today's one of the biggest days of my post-secondary education - it's the day I decide on which concentration I'll be studying. To some of you, that doesn't sound like much of a decision. However, for this can-never-make-up-her-mind woman, this day has been haunting my mind since before the first day of college. Whenever it... Continue Reading →
It's that time of the year again. Whether you're single, dating, or married, Valentine's Day is that time when we all consider where we are romantically. To those with significant others, it may be either a special or a stressful moment; in turn, us single people tend to see the day as either a cruel... Continue Reading →
Christmas. It's one of my favorite times of the year. It's the time when the cities get festive and strangers exchange greeting of good cheer. It's when we light up the fire or snuggle on the couch with a cup of hot chocolate and a good book. There's beautifully decorated trees and Christmas goodies,... Continue Reading →
While waiting to meet up with some friends yesterday evening, I decided to peruse through the nearby bookstore. Hoping to (maybe) find a couple of solid Christian nonfiction books I didn't have, I quickly made my way to the "religious books" section. There wasn't much new or different that was solid doctrinally. Just as I... Continue Reading →
“The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?" - Jeremiah 17:9 To anyone who has heard this verse a plethora of times, it's easy to skim over the verse without much thought - to say, "Yeah, I know, 'Don't follow your heart'," and move on. But how often do we really stop... Continue Reading →
