Living Brave and Courageous
A life on adventure with Jesus
Month: December 2017
What’s in a Year?
Sitting at the end of 2017 and looking towards the beginning of 2018 gives a unique perspective. One year closing up and another one…foggy in the near distance. What’s in a year? Is it made up of merely hours, days, weeks and months…or is… Continue Reading “What’s in a Year?”
God. With. Us.
The name EMMANUEL. I’ve heard it since I was a toddler in diapers. It always connects me to Christmas…but I don’t think I fully understood what it actually meant until this year. Growing up in a Christian home was a huge blessing and I… Continue Reading “God. With. Us.”
He Makes Me Brave
Depression. There are days when it seems as if the world is coming to an end. You’re living on the edge. You feel like everything you touch is ruined. We’ve all had those days. The ones where you want to go into hibernation for… Continue Reading “He Makes Me Brave”
THAT Single Girl
It’s 2017. December 2017. I can remember when I was writing 1997 on my school papers. It seems like yesterday: jumping off the shed roof with my brothers, painting my face with dandelions and mulberries, and trying to do wheelies with my bike. Then… Continue Reading “THAT Single Girl”
Brave Family Love
White flour poofing in the air. Sugar all gritty on the counter tops. Empty egg shells and measuring cups everywhere. The hum of mixers, Pandora Christmas music and laughter in the kitchen. It was cookie making day at our house today. We decided to gather… Continue Reading “Brave Family Love”
He’s got this
When I chose to go on a missions trip this past fall and serve the female inmates in prison, I got the same question over and over again before I left. “Why prison?” It’s a valid question. There are a thousand different places to… Continue Reading “He’s got this”
Contagious Courage
Sitting in my room at fourteen years old and reading his story was the first I heard of him. The man I read about in those pages was a pastor in Ukraine and had the faith of a giant. I read about the things… Continue Reading “Contagious Courage”
Bravery that’s Bigger than Me
“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you: I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. I will place My Spirit within you and cause you to follow My statutes and carefully… Continue Reading “Bravery that’s Bigger than Me”
A Passport and a Backpack
It was one of those moments. The kind that movies are made of….and I stood there wondering what I should do. For years I had heard the gentle whisper of God’s Spirit and had ignored it. Maybe even pushed it away forcefully. Stubbornly. This… Continue Reading “A Passport and a Backpack”
Live Brave and Courageous
Joshua 1:9 (HCSB), “Haven’t I commanded you: be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” Be Brave. Those are the words I used to think of when I was scared of… Continue Reading “Live Brave and Courageous”
Living Brave and Courageous 