Today I am writing about kindness, but not because this is something I understand. I struggle with kindness, but God laid it on my heart to write about something I am not good at. As you may remember from some of my other blogs, my primary gift is prophecy, which is not the most compassionate […]
In the Center
A while ago I hiked through a creek with my brother and a friend. While I was clinging to roots hoping they wouldn’t break or walking on a log over the water hoping it wouldn’t roll, I worried about what might happen if one if us were to fall. I reminded myself that wherever I […]
‘Twas Grace that Taught my Heart to Fear, and Grace my Fears Relieved
I recently returned from an all week mission with my youth group, and while I was there, I gathered some inspiration. This post will have a mix of topics, so bear with me. First, I realized the power of prayer. I have a coin that has written on it 1 John 5:14,” This is the […]
The Gift of Prophesy
I am taking a spiritual gifts class at my church and have discovered my primary gift is prophesy. I would say that the gift of prophesy is one of the rarest and most disliked of the seven gifts, which are leadership/administration, mercy, exhortation, giving, service, teaching, and prophesy. This gift is mainly disliked because of […]
Coming Back to Christmas
This Christmas season, I have been reminded of the true reason we celebrate Christmas. God has brought my family back to what Christmas is all about through a series of events. Two of my aunts are sick and in the hospital. Because my aunt is sick, my mom drove to Atlanta to help her husband and […]
Born to be Wild
Yesterday, my dad, brother, and I went on an eight mile canoeing trip down the Flat Rock River. Our first discovery is that it is very difficult to row a canoe in shallow water. We went on a day with a low water level and faced many shallow rapids and shelves of flat rock […]
A Warrior’s Heart
In my social studies class, we studied European cultures, and we where assigned a project. We could choose to either do a report on a Roman god or choose one of many other projects. I chose to build a Roman gladiator’s shield. I thought about how the Romans where a strong […]
Training Your Faith
As I was running my first cross country race a long time ago, I thought about how athletes train nonstop to prepare for a race or game. I thought about how Christians should be like that too, training nonstop to prepare for the day when someone says to us,”Why are you a Christian?” […]
Faith Like Potatoes
A long time ago, my family watched a movie called Faith Like Potatoes. Faith Like Potatoes is about a man named Angus who moved from Zambia, Africa and to Southern Africa to find a better farming life. With the help of some of his workers, Angus built a mud hut for his family to […]
Teddy Roosevelt,My Inspiration
I was reading about Teddy Roosevelt in the book I’m reading; Do Hard Things, and found some very interesting things about him. Teddy wasn’t always a strong, venturous leader, in fact, he was just the opposite.Teddy was a child with severe asthma. His parents rushed him to mountain villages and beach resorts. Teddy would be teased […]