Spiritual Growth

  Why is it so much easier to feel sorry for yourself than to be thankful? Why is it so hard to develop an attitude of thankfulness? Maybe it’s the constant bombardment of marketing with everything we “need” and “deserve,” but we don’t have. And t …

Josh and I went to the county clerk’s office last week to get our marriage license. It was interesting sitting in the waiting room and observing the couples who came in to get married at the little chapel in the office. Some brides cried, while others …

Fear paralyzes us, but faith sets us free. I’ve learned this lesson the hard way lately, especially since I’ve been dealing with new food intolerances and allergies. It’s funny how God works because what I bring in worry, my fiancé makes up for in fait …

Exercising faith is pleasing to God. It shows we believe in Him and what He’s capable of doing, even when we do not see it yet. Faith trusts in the future God-kingdom and calls that future into the present. But it’s easy to confuse faith with wishful t …

Looking back, I realize that I wanted contentment more than I wanted Christ.

One of my greatest regrets in life happened during my driver’s education class in ninth grade. I was assigned to a car that I shared with an instructor and three classmates. One of my classmates was a quiet, attractive girl, and I had a crush on her. B …

  I have been in a long-distance relationship for a year, and the whole process has been arduous, ambitious and awkward. The long-distance relationship is one that can abound in communication issues yet persist in a fragile flame of romance. Many …