God. Jesus. Holy Spirit. The Trinity. I love God. Jesus is my friend. But honestly, Spirit is the one I feel closest to most of the time. How could you not? Jesus repeatedly said, hey ya’ll I’m leaving…but I’m leaving something behind for you. And it will be something that is so fluid, yet transparent … Continue reading spirit
Real. Life.
love
‘Love is patient, love is kind…’ Blah. Blah Blah. Yah, it’s absolutely true…but do the people that quote it at every wedding really buy in to the actually gritty truth of love? Love is hard. Love is pain. Love is loss. Love is your heart being taken out of your chest, stomped on and put … Continue reading love
evil
Evil. Easy to despise. Easy to be put yourself on the opposing side. Easy to speak out against. Easy to hate the villain. Also…easy to find yourself slipping into… How many times have I said something hateful? How many times have I done something mean? So often I find myself amidst the struggle of more … Continue reading evil
wonder
Wonder. Such a fabulous word. Curiosity...so similar. I am completely guilty of being enamored with snowflakes. I am absolutely giddy when I see perfect snowflakes. I love snow...and seeing absolute perfection in frozen form mesmerizes me as I inspect each of the pointed ends. Truly, I experience the same wonder with sunsets. So beautiful, and … Continue reading wonder
world
There once was a little girl who had not a care in the world. Her bed was warm. Her belly was full. Her bike had tires. Her family took fantastic vacations. She went to school. She had water out of not only a kitchen faucet, but a bathroom faucet, too, plus a toilet. Unfortunately…she lived … Continue reading world
settle
Jesus Culture has this song called, ‘I Won’t Settle’ by Nate Ward. Recently it’s been playing on repeat through my head…ironically, even before I started my Lent journey of blogging a word from Rethink Church’s 40 days of photos. This word kept sticking with me, because I think we settle for things in this life … Continue reading settle
injustice
I will never forget how God started pointing me to his scriptures on ‘justice.’ I printed off every scripture that had the word ‘justice’ in it and started going through them one-by-one. Granted it only lasted about 3 months…but God started me on a journey with it and marked me with Isaiah 58. If you … Continue reading injustice
see
There are so many clichés about ‘seeing,’ but how often do we think about how we are reflected in the eyes of others? What do they see when they look at us? How do our eyes reflect our love? Our friendship? Our compassion? Our purpose? Our passion? Our orneriness? Or even our hate? There are … Continue reading see
return
To reflect on the past. To admit mistakes. To recognize the separation. To exist without shame. To embrace the future. To freely love without question or assumption. To feel the warmth of the Holy Spirit. To know the voice of a Savior. To know the truth of God. To return to a path once diverged.
who am i?
In college, I struggled heavily with the question of ‘Who am I?’ I remember telling friends, ‘I just need to find myself.’ Thinking that I needed a trip to ‘get away’ from my college life to think and discover myself. I even went as far as figuring out how to do a road trip to … Continue reading who am i?
sojourner4jesus 