In the middle of a thunderstorm, I lay on the bottom bunk, letting my weight sink into the paper-thin mattress that I paid $8 to sleep on.
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There are always ideas jingling around in my heart, forever stuck in a state that can only be classified as “falling Jenga.” I drink probably far more coffee than I should and am content to jump at the chance for a scone.
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I always carry a journal with me to write down little truths that God puts right into my head; that’s how He and I talk, I think. When I look at my very favorite truths that He has given me during 2019 thus far, they all have the word JOY circled and underlined in big bold letters.
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I have been a little out of the game lately. I have been so completely out of resources to face the various challenges in a day. Drained as I am, I am headed into two months of intense study abroad—a trip I have dreamed about for ages and am now terrified to go on because, well, I'm exhausted.
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Over the past few semesters, one of my roommates has been slowly making her way through the seven seasons of the rom-com TV series Gilmore Girls.
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I think some of the scariest feelings are the subtle ones, those that creep in passively without making much noise. They’re the ones I often make space for without realizing.
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I live an interesting double life here in Chicago. I grew up in the church, constantly surrounded by people who thought and acted like me. It was (and is) comfortable.
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I’m a believer that there is immeasurably more. I heard God so clearly during a time in my life when I was settling for less. I knew there was something that I could never think, ask, or imagine waiting for me if I would simply trust Him.
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I’m not the most humble person in the world. Being raised in a competitive family, I learned at a very young age to make my talents and presence known.
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Last weekend I got engaged. I type these words with a beautiful ring on my left hand, thinking back on the best seven days of my life.
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Six years ago, I rolled onto my back and onto a pencil. Idiot move for not realizing where my pencils were? Nerd move for carrying around so many pencils that I forget where I put them? Both perhaps?
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After four years of university education, one semester studying abroad, three mission trips, a little heartbreak, and a whole lot of breakthrough, I’m supposed to have a plan. I’m supposed to get a full-time job, start this next phase of life, and know who I want to be.
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Growing up, I was always told that God would never give me more than I could handle. I felt confident when I was nine years old, too small to understand grace, and my dad left our family.
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It is not a new thought that the tongue has power. It is not a new or profound thought that our words, what we choose to speak in and over situations, matter. They wield a certain power in this life.
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