I went through a challenging time in my life once and had a great temptation to turn to “stuff” (shopping, food, mochas, novels, etc.) to make myself feel good in the moment. Instead of handling my sad emotions in the right way by turning to God’s word, I tried to cover them up by shopping […]
I couldn’t stop looking at him. He was one of my favorite early crushes. This guy was one of my brother’s basketball teammates and I just loved watching him run up and down the court. At 12 years old I was enthralled with him. He put little sparkles in his gel so his hair slightly […]
Shortly after my twentieth birthday, I entered into my first serious relationship. Marriage was already on my radar and this guy (we’ll call him Bryan) definitely sparked my interest. My family really liked him and he seemed like a great fit! Things progressed quickly and it felt like I was “falling in love” with him. […]
“I struggle with lustful thoughts all the time and I wish I could stop!” “I thought my sexuality was supposed to be a blessing…but I can’t seem to keep my mind pure! It doesn’t feel like a blessing anymore.” “Being single is a lot harder than I thought it would be! I battle against my […]
It was a hot summer day and I was doing the normal thing a kid would do. Swim! I was having a blast in the large pool with my family, unaware of what was about to happen. I decided to take a dive under the large floating tube that my mom was sitting on. I […]
“Hey honey, I really think we should go talk about this some more,” Zack said in a serious tone. We had just finished having a rather intense discussion about something that we didn’t see eye-to-eye on (at all). My emotions were completely driving the train and I was “done” discussing it. I crossed my arms […]
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