Category Archives: Scripture

Joy in the Mourning

Yes – you read that spelling correctly. I actually meant to say “mourning”, and not “morning.” Might sound weird at first right? But hang in there with me – what if it is not weird at all? What if I told you that it would be possible for us to experience joy even in theContinue reading “Joy in the Mourning”

Freely Love and Freely Give

I really don’t like goodbyes. Actually, I quite hate them. I despise the thought of having grown so incredibly attached to someone, just to say goodbye to them and either never see them again, or not see them near as much as you once did due to one of you moving far away. Goodbyes areContinue reading “Freely Love and Freely Give”

The Other Side of Yes

It is true that there is hard that comes with saying yes to God. It is true that God will ask us to do things that will often seem so incredibly beyond us and cause us to ask God if He is sure that He chose the right person for whatever He is asking usContinue reading “The Other Side of Yes”

Walking the Narrow Road

Matthew 7:13-14: “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it”, (NIV). How do we find this way to life? How do weContinue reading “Walking the Narrow Road”

Nothing But Jesus

Jesus, There is absolutely nothing on this planet that is sweeter than your presence. There is nothing that matters more to me in this world than sitting with you and feeling the lightness of your Holy Spirit that is both surrounding me and within me. There is nothing I would rather to than to beContinue reading “Nothing But Jesus”

The Asbury Outpouring: Some Things I Have Learned

Whatever has been going on at Asbury the past couple of weeks – whether you call it a “revival”, “awakening”, or “outpouring”, we all seem to agree that we have witnessed an incredibly powerful move of The Holy Spirit that has started in Wilmore and continued to spark on other colllege campuses, churches, and manyContinue reading “The Asbury Outpouring: Some Things I Have Learned”

God, Help Me See the Good

Hey listen – I know not every situation is good. I know not everything that happens to us is fun, and I know sometimes the pain we feel from difficult circumstances we face in life can feel more physically painful than if we were actually hit by a bus. I know sometimes we feel madContinue reading “God, Help Me See the Good”

But God, I don’t want to forgive them!

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!”

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”