**Some of the links below are affiliate links*, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. Read my full disclosure here.** I wanted to go to California. It had been the place I’d spent the first twelve years of my life, and the … Read more
I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living! Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord! ~Psalm 27:13-14 As a single woman quickly approaching my mid-twenties, I’ve received a lot of questions and advice about my dating … Read more
“Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. Relieve the troubles of my heart and free me from my anguish.” Psalm 25:16-17 Hello Heart I’ve been ignoring you lately, and I’m sorry. It just seemed easier to stuff the emotions and feelings and throw myself into projects rather than … Read more
“Yeah, so me and Jazmin are dating.” With my hand reached out to return a library book to the shelf, the words left me frozen for a couple of reasons. First, as a sophomore in high school, I wasn’t dating anyone, nor had I ever dated anyone. And second, I knew the guy who had … Read more
I know you’re just trying to help. In the season of life right now, where college is over and done and I’m settled in a job, the next obvious thing is marriage. I know your questions about whether or not I’ve met any nice guys yet, and suggestions about available young men come from a … Read more
For the last several weeks I’ve had this feeling I couldn’t quite describe. I wasn’t upset. I wasn’t stressed. I wasn’t doubting God. Yet I felt like I was in this sort of wrestling match. Then one of my friends posted this on Facebook: “There is a tension of resting where God has you and … Read more
About a year ago I started planning my wedding. This wouldn’t be surprising news if I held out my left hand and showed you a sparkling diamond, but the reality is, my ring finger is painfully bear. In many ways, my singleness has been my wound, my struggle…and the place of one of my greatest … Read more
The more I get into Genesis, the more I realize that this is God’s story. Other people are woven in and out of each chapter, but God is the constant… Last week, when we left off, Cain, son of Adam and Eve, had just murdered his brother and was exiled. He now wanders the land, … Read more
**I’ve been writing letters to my future husband for several years. It helps me be honest with where I am, and it makes the waiting a little easier. Instead of feeling like I have to push all of these feelings away and save all of these words, God’s used these letters as a way to … Read more
“So how’s your heart?” The question came from a dear friend. Our conversation was nearly over, but it had been quiet on my end. I shared surface news and a few deeper things, but I hadn’t dived into the depths of my heart as was normal with our conversations. I just didn’t want to. I … Read more