Journey Through Fear
I’ve noticed that I have been writing about the subject of fear a lot lately.  Well… I’m going to write about it again.  I’m not really sure I know how I got through all of my high school extra-curricular activities.  I never felt like I was good enough to sing the solo or get the big part in the play and was usually mortified and terrified when I did. I remember my senior year, after moving to Little Rock, Arkansas from Wisconsin, I was picked to perform as “Eponine” in our school’s production of Les Miserables.  Here I was, the lone “yankee” girl that everyone hated because they were still stuck in the Civil Wa

Fear Vs. Faith Vs. Love
Last night I was speaking with a group of friends about the issue of fear when someone  made a profound statement: “Fear and faith are the same thing. They are both expectations of something. Fear expects something bad to happen while faith expects something good.” Romans 8:14-16 says, 14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. 15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.  And by him we cry, “Abba,  Father.” 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are Go

Hunger
Longing for Jesus creates a dissatisfaction with life as we know it. It caverns out a space, a void that waits on God to fill it. It longs for the fullness of God, wholeness and greatness in our destinies. Hunger is a gift because it refuses to allow us to settle for anything less than what God desires for us. It thrusts us forward into the heart of God to a place where we can hear His plans and lets Him speak over us identity.

Ventilation.
So my life feels a little stuck right. I’m going to go ahead and admit it. This is not a teaching blog. This is a mild freak-out session. Be forewarned. I have a “real” job now at a law office that I am very grateful for but it takes up about 45 hours of my life and let’s face it, people, this is not really something I want to do for the rest of my life. This is not what I thought my sphere of influence would become. I am normally so exhausted from this and my many other activities during the week that I feel like I’m skating on thin ice. In the evenings that I have a few hours to spare, I hang out with friends, clean or get other things

In Every Kind of Way
My heart burns for you, Jesus. I want to love you in every kind of way. Love you through the fear. Trust you through the confusion. Let you obliterate my walls. And know that you are by my side through all of it.