Looking at Life and Love through God's Eyes
Looking at Life and Love through God's Eyes
Christian Life, Theology
I realize that at 28 I’m far from old, but the older I get, the more I realize that God rarely does what we expect him to. Sometimes, we try to plan out what we think he’s going to do. We try to look for signs of what he’s up to. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that necessarily. …
Christian Life, Married Life, Single Life, Theology
For some reason, when we talk about purity in the church, we’re almost always talking about sexual purity. We had a whole “purity movement” about a decade ago that was almost completely focused on staying sexually pure. While I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong with that, it’s not really biblical. Purity in the Bible What I mean by …
Guest Posts, Spiritual Disciplines, Theology
I know I’ve posted on here before about my love hate relationship with fasting. I hate doing it, but I know it’s good for me. For that very reason, I’ve made it one of my goals in 2018 to fast more consistently. I actually just did a guest post for my new friend Kira at her blog Joy Pursued on …
Christian Life, Sex, Single Life, Theology
What is Christian purity? “Purity” is not a word most people use in normal conversation, even in church. However, as a single Christian (either in a youth group or young adult’s group), purity is often equated simply with sexual purity or even with virginity. You’re told that it’s of upmost importance that you remain pure for your future spouse. …
Christian Life, Theology
First off, can we just say moms are great? The older I get, the more I appreciate moms. I’m in a small group right now with some great moms and hearing their prayer requests reminds me of how hard being a mom really is. God gives moms such a hard job. They pour their hearts and souls into these little …
Christian Life, Theology
Honestly, I think February is the worst month. It hasn’t mattered where I’ve lived at the time (and I’ve lived a lot of places), though it’s the shortest month, it just seems to drag on and on. It is the worst. In February, the winter weather seems to have a death grip on the world. We all hope for …
Christian Life, Theology
Sometimes things that you learned as a kid, even true things, can somehow get skewed in your mind and lead you to believe something false as you’re growing up or even as an adult. I think that’s why I didn’t understand grace very well for most of my life. My Misunderstanding As a kid, I learned that if you …
Christian Life, Christmas/Advent, Theology
One of my family’s Christmas traditions is to watch The Muppet Christmas Carol on Christmas Eve. For us, this movie is a classic. We sing along with all the songs and quote many of our favorite lines (which I think drives my husband, who did not grow up with this particular film, a little nuts). One of my favorite songs …
Christian Life, Christmas/Advent, Theology
One of the things that I miss about Christmas from when I was a kid is the sheer joy of the day. Not that Christmas is all about presents, but when kids receive presents, especially THE present that they wanted that year, there’s just a certain kind of joy there. I still remember a bit of what it felt …
Christian Life, Christmas/Advent, Theology
One of the hardest parts about Christmas as a kid was waiting for it to come. The month of December seemed to drag on forever. One of the longest seeming Decembers was when I was six. That year, I asked Santa for an American Girl doll (the epitome of greatness for little girls at the time). I even saved …