weight of the cross.
I didn’t feel fearfully and wonderfully made as I looked down at the number I weighed. What started as a number on a scale became a voice I couldn’t derail. “Not good enough” echoed in my head drowning out the truth God said. Rather than treating my body like a temple, I started destroying it little by little. Yet no matter how small the number became the voice in my head still sounded the same. Then, I heard His gentle whisper once again, over the rumbling of my stomach wit
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a lament.
Lord, I can’t help but cast blame, for if you are Sovereign, why do you allow pain? why don’t you stop the starving of children, the cries of the innocent, the killing of men? why did you allow Eve to be tempted with sin, and permit brokenness to begin? although i don’t have an answer, and perhaps never will, i will trust you when i cannot see, clinging on to the hope of eternity. for one day, all will be restored, every tear wiped away by the hand of the Lord. on the cro
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for the senior in college
As I prepare to walk the stage at graduation, I find myself apprehensive about walking into the next stage of my life. Although I'm ready to not have hours of homework, I'm not prepared to live hours away from my best friends. The words of Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 remind us that for everything there is a season, a time under heaven. There was a time to move into my dorm room for the first time, and before I know it, it will be time to recieve my diploma. I find peace that through t
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