Category Archives: Life Lessons

It’s finals week for me and while I don’t have any actual exams, I’ve got plenty of writing to do. One of my final assignments for Honors is a 10-page reflection letter in which I (you guessed it) reflect on my semester and what I’ve learned over the past 15 weeks. I’m about four pagesContinue reading “Your Heart > Perfection”

I’ve been working at a little Starbucks inside of a grocery store for almost a year. While this job doesn’t take me further than the other side of my hometown, it has expanded my world view and shifted my perspective in ways I wasn’t expecting. This job sort of fell into my lap after IContinue reading “God at Work”

Over the past few weeks since I started this blog, I’ve come to enjoy taking popular Bible verses or Christian clichés and rediscovering why they became so well-known in the first place. As I’ve said before, I grew up Christian and was surrounded by a plethora of phrases and verses that I’d heard so manyContinue reading “The Thief of Joy”

Proverbs 4:23, a piece of scripture I have heard many times, reads, “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” This verse is often quoted when a girl starts dating a guy (or vice versa), but it offers so much more wisdom beyond the realm of dating — so much wisdom,Continue reading “Proverbs 4:23”

A week before Easter Sunday, Todd Wagner, one of the pastors at Watermark Community Church stated, “People say what they think and do what they believe.” Oof. That hit deep. I’ve recently come to terms with the fact that while I “know” a lot of things, I don’t really believe them. There have been severalContinue reading “Grace Requires Nothing of Me”

There is a tree outside my window that I like to observe while attending online class. I have been observing this tree for a year now, watching it bloom in the spring, admiring it’s full-bodied branches in summertime, waiting for the leaves to change color and eventually fall in autumn, noting its bare branches throughoutContinue reading “Embrace it”

“Quiet time” is a phrase that’s become somewhat of a Christian cliche. Whenever I hear this phrase, I know someone is referring to their time spent reading the Bible, praying, and possibly journaling. But when used outside of a Christian context, “quiet time” sounds a lot like something a young child might participate in insteadContinue reading “Our Daily Bread is More Than Food”

Thursday, February 4, 2021 I walked out of therapy and into my car, played the song “Highlands” by Hillsong and felt a lump form in my throat. Tears struggled their way out of my eyes as I drove home. The Holy Spirit was moving. I can’t quite describe those moments of release, but they usuallyContinue reading “He is Enough”

The name of this blog is inspired by two verses:  Psalm 34:14, which states, “Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it,” and 1 Corinthians 14:33, which states, “For God is not a God of confusion but of peace.”  As believers, we are called to pursue peace. I’m not talking temporary peaceContinue reading “Why “Pursuing Peace”?”