You may get sick of me talking about working at the bookstore, but I am just really influenced by people there that I have to tell you how the customers encourage me. I’m sure wherever you work or whoever you are around, you can find ways that they influence you, whether positive or negative. Since…
When people look at my life, what do they see? What comes to mind? I know for myself what I see. I once heard the analogy of looking at your life with an “Extreme Makeover – Home Edition” aspect. At the beginning of the show, they pan the camara around to see all the areas…
There are so many reasons why I am excited for our mission trip to the Dominican! We just came back from a meeting and it’s awesome to see 13 other people’s hearts unite for one purpose – to serve God in the Dominican. We leave in less than 3 weeks, which is crazy to think,…
Have you ever thought about your wants? Wants vs. needs? While I was cleaning (go figure :)), I was thinking about how much our culture is all about wants. Just watch tv for 5 minutes and you will realize how much “wanting” is thrown at us. I started to think about my own wants. I…
It’s been kind of a crazy week because I’ve worked quite a few more hours than normal, and with youth group stuff often on the weekends, it doesn’t offer much time to get “other” stuff done. I know many say I have it “easy” and “don’t work” because I don’t work a normal 40 hour…
While cleaning yesterday, I was listening to another sermon. This time it was on Ephesians 4:16 especially and Romans 12:4-8. When I was first listening to this passage, it reminded me of a really dear friend of mine who is going through SUCH a tough time right now. I had to tell her about the…
