jesus
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Nothing else, how profound a statement. Nothing else but Jesus. Something so seemingly simple, but charged with so much weight. Total death to self and surrender, a posture of humility beyond what I can conceive comes naturally to anyone. Our human nature so easily and quickly creeps into things when we aren’t totally aware and…
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“You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.” –John 13:7 This scripture comes from a place of Jesus serving others by washing their feet. Lately I’ve felt as though I was in a place of Jesus being silent and waiting for me to figure things out on my own,…
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A long list of A’s
A, acts, After all, All, amazement, approval, at the cross, Atmosphere, australia, awe, Christ, Christ-follower, First, god, Holy Spirit, steadfastIf you have read any of my previous posts, I am sure you have gotten the gist that I like to try and jump ahead of myself and God’s plans. So recently I have tried to focus all my attention on simply listening. All I can say is it’s amazing what happens when you give…
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That’s when He said, “be still my child, for you have learned this lesson before.” No, I did not audibly hear any voices saying this, but have you ever just felt an overwhelming sense of peace all at once? I can’t describe it, but as I was sitting there worrying about everything that wasn’t going…
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I have attempted to sit down and write this blog post multiple times. The idea has been to sum up my summer and what I’ve learned, but in all honesty I think I am struggling with that because no matter how hard I try I could never fit everything I have learned into one post.…
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“What are those flowers called?” This was the question from my out-of state or simply city friends the other day as we passed a patch of wildflowers on the side of the road. We were on our way to one of our many adventures. This question caught me a little off guard at first and…
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“Isn’t it beautiful, the way we fall apart? It’s magical and tragic all the ways we break our hearts.” This is the chorus from a song that has been stuck in my head for weeks now. The song is by We As Human and I think it is brilliant. Think about it, how beautiful is…
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Choose happiness. I’ve heard this a lot recently, happiness is a choice, you should choose daily to be happy. Well, I disagree. I do believe you can be optimistic in every situation and look at the brighter side of life, but I do not believe changing your mood is simply a choice. It is not…
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Have you ever felt like you’re always halfway somewhere? Like you almost feel like you’re never completely there but you’re always so close, you’ve always only “almost got it”. This is where I have been lately. To be completely transparent with you I have to say in the past 2 years that I have been…
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So, lately I feel as thought I’ve been faced with nothing other than right vs. right choices. What does this mean you ask? Well, you know when you have two perfectly good options and it comes down to strictly what you prefer? Like either way you go the outcome will be about the same? These…
Stars & Sparrows 