I know they hurt you. I know they treated you unfairly. I know they caused you deep pain and emotional turmoil that no one else saw, and that you cannot use words to explain. I know they didn’t show up for you when you thought they would. I know you trusted them and you thoughtContinue reading “But God, I don’t want to forgive them!”
Category Archives: Encouragement
A Letter to my High School Self
Dear high school Leah, I wish I could’ve told you how much all of those things you’re worrying about right now will not matter to you at all in a few years. I wish I could show you now how much you are growing in your relationship with God and blossoming into the woman HeContinue reading “A Letter to my High School Self”
Why am I in seminary?
I ask myself this question quite often. Seminary is challenging, time-consuming, expensive, and straight up just a WHOLE lot of work. It’s hard. It takes up most of my time and money, so why am I doing it? I am in seminary because I KNOW this is where God has called me. I know thatContinue reading “Why am I in seminary?”
“I trust in God, just not in me.”
If you’re anything like me, you spend a lot of time doubting yourself. You think to yourself “oh, that person can do that, but not me, I can’t.” You focus so much on your flaws and your struggles that sometimes you even forget that you’re a whole person outside of those struggles that you face.Continue reading ““I trust in God, just not in me.””
A Renewed Strength
Isaiah 40:28-31: “Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tiredContinue reading “A Renewed Strength”
An honest prayer to God, when times seem uncertain.
This is a prayer I wrote in my journal recently. I am believing God to provide me with another job, and I am sure I am not the only one who has this prayer. I hope this prayer reminds you that you are not alone, and I hope it encourages you to trust in theContinue reading “An honest prayer to God, when times seem uncertain.”
Knowing God
So I have been thinking and praying a lot lately about what I hope for in my life, what my dreams are, what I feel God calling me to do to glorify him with my career (and in my life in general), how I can be a good daughter, sister, friend (and one day, IContinue reading “Knowing God”
What will you say?
What will you say to yourself when there is no one there to encourage you? What will you say when you feel all alone and want to give up on everything you are working so hard for? What will you say, when there is no one beside you? When you feel all alone, like noContinue reading “What will you say?”
Made in God’s Image
Be yourself. So cheesy and cliché to say, right? You probably feel like you hear someone say this to you every other day, and you hear it so often that you probably don’t even think about what it means at this point. But seriously, BE YOURSELF. Be proud of the person that God made youContinue reading “Made in God’s Image”
Scripture Reflection: Joshua 24:14-15
Joshua 24:14-15: “Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors servedContinue reading “Scripture Reflection: Joshua 24:14-15”
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