Anticipating His Arrival: Waiting on God

Anticipation. With desire, there comes a point in your life when you’ve been waiting for something so long that you grow increasingly, out and out weary of anticipation. How many times have you found yourself in a situation where you have a desire you really, really want to come into being? To finally receive an outcome […]

A Time to Cry Out (Part 2): Weariness and God’s Strength

This is the second post in a 2-part series. Read part 1: The Fight Against Apathy and Weariness “Concerning this I implored the Lord three times that it might leave me. And He has said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.’ Most gladly, therefore, I will rather […]

Relationships, Your Heart, and Staying in Love

This past week, I was browsing about online and stumbled upon a series by Andy Stanley on Staying in Love. It. Was. So. Good. There’s really no point for me to summarize – all I can say is listen, listen, listen! No matter your marital status, these messages will encourage you in learning to love […]

I Feel… (a free-flowing prose)

Like I’m fighting a shadow, a shadow of a life that was never meant to be, an expectation of an ideal never meant to be realized. I’m tired of me, Lord. I don’t want this kind of existence in these spaces, in these places that are still so undefined, redefined by the time and the […]

Through the Pain

Last December, I was at physical therapy for another appointment for my shoulder and knee. Oh the joys of arm bike, band work, weights, and ice and “stim” treatment! I hadn’t been in for a while because of a few weeks of the flu and then stomach flu (yuck), so there was plenty of work […]