I am staring at a blank text box… having no idea what to write about. I could continue to bore you about how busy my life is– but so is yours! My life is no different. I’ve been given the same gift of 24 hours in a day. I get so frustrated when people feel [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Faith’
April 7, 2008
Sin Sucks
My heart is just … broken …. today. I can’t explain it any other way.
This world just flat out sucks sometimes. Sin-sickness is evident in every conversation I’ve had lately. It’s ingrained in all the thoughts I have; in the things I do. It hangs out in the background until it is confronted and then [...]
March 30, 2008
Is this really what Jesus died for?!
I said to a few friends today after church, “Did Jesus really die on a cross for this?!”
It seems to me that worship– and church life– has become this thing that I am struggling with. I feel as though I don’t get to worship. I try, man do I try, but I get so bogged [...]
March 23, 2008
Christ is Risen, I am Exhausted
Christ is risen, indeed!
I am so tired! I am not that kind of sleepy tired where you can just curl up and drift off to happy sleep. No. I am exhausted. Wiped out. DRAINED. This has been a tough Holy Week for me. I feel like I paced myself and had moments to stop and [...]
January 16, 2008
Trust
I’m certain that nothing will test a person’s faith more than realizing they are having a baby.
Since we didn’t exactly have an elaborate plan for this pregnancy we have a lot of questions about the future. I always imagined I’d be able to stay home with our babies. It’s looking like we’re not really ready [...]
October 3, 2007
Today is the day.
Have you ever felt terrible about something for days and days and then finally something happens (a conversation, a comment from a friend, a good laugh…) that makes the tightness in your heart just ease up?
Well… I have. Today is the day. I have been aching and struggling to be better. Trying, working, failing, [...]