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Am I in the driver seat or is God? “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.” – Proverbs 3:5 Do you know the feeling of not having control? The panic sets in, the anxiety builds, and you start scrambling for another way to grab control back —…
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Lazy people are soon poor; hard workers get rich. – Proverbs 10:4 Since I was a little kid, I knew what hard work was and why we do it. I saw my mother and nana work hard their whole lives. My mom was a single mom raising two kids on her own, working and taking…
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Do You Have the Answers to My Questions? Recently, I have been thinking about a lot of questions—some good, some bad, and some just plain stupid. I know I’m a girl, but I’m also a disciple of God, and when trying to form answers for these questions, these two sides of me bump heads. As…
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It’s been two weeks since I started my senior year of college, and I’m already stressed—in the greatest way possible. I’m taking ballet, and all my other classes are online. I’ve had time to start a blog, share my faith, watch Gilmore Girls, bake for the church welcome table, spend time with friends, and make it…
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“Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.” – James 1:19 I don’t know if I get my anger issues from my mom or from my absent father. What I know about him is that he was a woman-beater and took…
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Grocery List: A Reflection on Faith and Healing Regular Grocery List:Eggs, Bread, Bananas, Apples, Cheese, Cottage Cheese, Carrots, Chicken, Rice, Pancake Mix Bulimic Grocery List:Chocolate double fudge cake, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Glazed Donuts, Nutella, Marshmallows, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Pizza, Garlic Bread, Bread, Peanut Butter, Chips, Tacos, Waffles, Water Anorexic Grocery List:Rice cakes, Gum, Suckers,…
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Dear Heaven, Is she up there? Is she at peace? Lord, I know you don’t have to tell me, but I wish you would. I wish you could tell me why you took my nana away from me—why you took my best friend. Lord, maybe you took her not to hurt me but to get…
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As a twenty-one-year-old in college, what do you think I should be doing on a Saturday night? Going to football games or campus parties? Playing beer pong at a frat house during the day, better known as “darties”? College is supposed to be about “fun,” and by that, the world means drinking, drugs, and “finding…
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Why did you pick me for your victim? Why did you fill my head with cement? What did I do, for you to erase who I was? I thought we were friends. I thought we were best friends. We shared lists of baby names and showed each other our scars. We pretended we didn’t notice…
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Droplets of rain water trickling down your car window, Earrings that my mom use to wear when she thought she was pretty, Punching bag for everyone who feels hurt, Raspberries remind me how innocent this world use to be, Endless love for my stuff animal, bunny, Sunsets that everyone takes a picture of, Sewing machines…
