The Good Kind of Pain

When I go to the gym to work out, it feels great. I push myself to the limit, trying to workout harder than the last time. Try to do an extra pull-up or two, add an extra 5-10 pounds of weights onto the bar, or a few extra reps. I was raised in a family that is pretty athletic and my father taught my brother and I so much about sports and perseverance. We were taught to strive for excellence and to push on even when we were in pain. Working out at the gym feels great!

From Death into Eternity

The last three weeks have been a weird, emotional roller-coaster. Three deaths in three weeks. Three weeks ago, my family finds out that my grandmother's cousin who was missing for three weeks was found dead in a river. Very few answers, but his car was found stolen a couple states away, and that same individual who was driving his car knew where his remains were. Kidnapping, theft, murder....whatever it was, it was unpleasant to say the least. Then two weeks ago, a family friend was lost to a brain tumor. Then, just four days ago, a friend on my softball team died at the age of 31.

Audience of One

“Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.” (Galatians 1:10 NIV)

Something I struggle with in my faith walk is keeping friends in their proper place. By that I mean, making sure I don't raise my friends up to a higher expectation and higher priority in my life than God. Without a doubt, God is absolutely the most important thing in my life and my relationship with Jesus Christ is what I live for. However, it is really easy to get side-tracked or for my priorities to fall out of balance from time to time.

A Woman's Heart

“A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.”

All of Me