I lay flat on my back staring up at the ceiling. My breath came a little ragged and my head felt light. The recently finished workout had torn me down completely and left me beyond exhausted. I enjoy these experiences of being torn down, worn out, and exhausted because I’ve learned that God is the ultimate rebuilder. The past few weeks brought me a few of these experiences and not just in the gym. I attended a writer’s conference a…
This is the end of my story from last week. With my story about my first crush and fishing, I want to show that control had become everything in my life. It didn’t matter if it was a girl I wanted to date, pornography, or just a fishing trip; I just wanted control. That need for control of course didn’t end well and I had to choose between holding onto that need and trusting a God I could never control…
I used to love Christmas but these days the season of Christmas and the thought of the coming day puts me in somber spirits. While I used to feel an exciting energy during the Christmas season, now December gives me an empty feeling kind of like the day after my football team lost. That’s a painful reversal and it really frustrated me until I realized that it gave me a really cool opportunity. The absence of the old energy that…
Once upon a time, a situation went sideways on me. I thought things were going well and the bottom of the rug more or less came out from under me. It wasn’t what I would call a fun time. It felt a little like I’d been sucker punched. Upon returning to my home, I sat down in my trusty chair that I use for quiet times and personal reflection. I am currently sitting in the same chair. After experiencing a…
While at times I have trouble believing there is more to life than what I can see, God has a tendency of surprising me and reminding me there is always more than what I can see. I just finished moving from one place to another, and that made for an exciting few weeks. I am moving from somewhere that I’ve called home for almost thirteen years. I am currently going through this awesome mixture of shock, anxiety, and giddy excitement…
I’m taking a class at my church that’s going through the Navigators 2:7 workbooks. A part of the class is to give our story about how our relationship with Christ developed. While I’ve written quite a bit about myself in this blog, I thought y’all might enjoy hearing a summary of how God brought me to where I am today. If I had to sum up my story in a few words, I would definitely say that ‘God is good’…