Free download! What dreams do you have? How are you cultivating those dreams? Do they scare you? Good! That means you're on the right track. Dreams are a scary and amazing thing because it's a place of faith where you have to step out into the unknown and trust God to make them happen.
Read MoreThe holidays can be a hard time of year as we travel and go back down memory lane. For many, this can mean a lot of stress as we see people we haven't seen in a while or go to a place that brings up memories we've tried hard to forget (high school anyone?). While the holidays are supposed to be such a joyful time, I know for many it's anything but that. The ghosts of the past tend to rise up and taunt us. However, it doesn't have to be this way. God has freedom available to each of us if we'll receive it (John 8:36). I recently read a book called She is Free by Andi Andrew and it opened my eyes to all the areas of freedom available.
Read MoreHope is a funny thing. It's something we constantly face whether it's getting our hopes up for something or getting let down when things don't turn out how we hoped they would. I've misunderstood true hope for so long and as I faced disappointment and the feeling of hope being dashed, I began to realize I really didn't understand true hope.
Read MoreOver the weekend my friends and I went downtown to do a photo-shoot for my blog. We always turn it into a fun, photo adventure to practice using our cameras and to help me get new photos to use on the blog. We were standing near a popular photo spot in an alley way, when we heard a woman hysterically crying as she was walking down the sidewalk. I immediately tensed up because I wasn't sure what was about to happen. My first thought was run away/ hide and my second thought was is this real or a scam to take our stuff. I know I need more compassion (I'm working on this), but growing up in the city my first thought, sadly, isn't always to help. She asked my friends where the hospital was, but she was so upset she could hardly get the name of it out. She was looking for UAB hospital so I finally spoke up and told her how to get there from where we were standing on the sidewalk. My friend then asked if we could pray for her and asked what to pray for. She told us she had been raped and had been given a disease so she was going to the hospital to get medicine. My heart broke. I was still hesitant at this point, but I realized more than anything she needed Jesus so we prayed for her (keeping our eyes open to watch our surroundings). She was very thankful for the prayers and she never asked us for money or for anything other than directions. Then we watched as she made her way down the road towards the hospital.
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