The devil is a liar. The Holy Spirit dwells within me. Just because I don’t speak in tongues does not mean I’m not spiritual or Spirit-filled. “Not all have gifts of healing. Not all speak in different languages. Not all interpret those languages” (1 Corinthians 12:30). There are so many other gifts listed in 1 Corinthians […]

It’s been nearly two months since I last posted, which has frustrated me tremendously. I switched majors because writing was supposed to consume me. I was expecting to have a lot of time on my hands to just sit on my laptop and write. School has been a little rocky. I am taking 18 units, […]

I started my second year of college today. Today was the start of a new major. Today I saw the people I will be working with for the next 16 weeks. I began a new season in my life. I was honestly quite scared all last night and this morning. On my way to school, […]

I think it started Tuesday.. I’m not too sure. All I’m sure of is that I’ve been feeling spiritually dry. It’s not like I lost desire to seek Him. It’s just that my flesh was resisting receiving from Him. There was a laziness that came about me as well that aggravated me. Thank God I […]

“Here, in this College, God is at work, bending, breaking, molding, doing just as He chooses. Why He is doing it, we do not know; He is doing it for one purpose only — that He may be able to say, ‘This is My man, My woman’” (Oswald Chambers). I’d be lying to you if […]

I spent these last four days away on a retreat with junior high and high school students and young adults. It was literally a retreat from everything: the busy city life, cell phone reception (including WiFi), friends, and my parents. In the last four days, God moved and spoke way beyond anything I could have […]

All grades have been submitted and I was able to see what I grade I received in each of my classed. The result was saddening for my Biology. I was hoping to barely make it through. I was hoping I got just enough points to get me to a C+. Instead, I ended the semester […]

I did it! I officially completed my first year of college and what a year it has been. A little over a year ago, I was on the edge about going to college right away. I had the desire to take a semester off and travel or volunteer at an orphanage in Mexico or help […]

I am left in awe of how much pruning and growing I allowed myself to go through this month. It definitely was not easy. There were days where I really gave into temptations, to mean and dirty thoughts, to insecurities. I doubted myself so much. I doubted whether I was good enough for others, whether […]

“If you didn’t do x, you wouldn’t need to do y.”“Maybe if you did x more often, you wouldn’t be like that.”“You’re so x compared to her.”“Why don’t you try x, maybe that will fix your problem.”“Look at yourself! You need to do more of x obviously.”“You’d look so much prettier if you did x.”“You’re […]