May 2012
25 posts
“What have I to dread, what have I to fear, leaning on the everlasting arms? I...”
– “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms”
“And the Lord answered me: “Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so...”
– Habakkuk 2:2–4 (ESV)
“Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray...”
– Romans 8:26–27 (ESV)
Pachel
(My dear sister, Rachel Mercy Davis, asked me to write her a letter for a project for her yearbook class. I decided to make it public.)
At some point in life, everyone gets annoyed by their siblings, I think. As one of six children, I should know. Apparently, my parents are quite talented in the area of procreation — adhering strictly to a boy-girl-boy-girl-boy-girl pattern.
Growing up, Rachel...
We created an actual iPad app! →
“But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the...”
– Lamentations 3:21–26 (ESV)
I am far from fearless.
Brevity is vital.
Learning to be a child
For the most part, I tend to be a pretty blunt, honest person. I don’t always use this blog to let people in on the rawness of my heart and head, though. Today will be different. This is where I find myself RIGHT NOW.
Between the pages of my Bible are notecards, pictures, and other various flat objects that remind me of certain people. Each object is placed intentionally.
This picture of...
FACA 2012
Today, I had the privilege of addressing my entire high school, along with 100–200 parents, at an academic assembly. Such a humbling opportunity.
Honestly, I work best on deadline. I started playing with a few ideas a little after midnight and scrapped nearly all of them when I got out of bed this morning. So I wrote the speech this morning, slightly inspired by my late-night thoughts. (I had...
She might kill me, but I don’t care....
Transitioning
It’s Monday morning, and I don’t have to go to class. Not the weirdest thing in the world, but knowing that I don’t have class next Monday or the next or the next is bizarre.
You would think I would be used to summer by now. And it’s not that. I have spent nearly the entirety of the past three summers at King’s Domain. I have not had a “normal” summer in...
“Thus says the LORD: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the...”
– Jeremiah 9:23–24 (ESV)
(A few) Commencement photos →
Thanks to @karlgude for taking so many photos at commencement!
Graduation eve
Graduation is tomorrow. Say what?!
I can’t even begin to make sense of everything in my head and heart right now. Quick blurbs below. Cheers to attempted transparency.
I am overwhelmed. Between MPD, an iPad app, and soccer, I’m not done. I wish I could walk off the stage tomorrow looking forward to a season of rest. That’s not the case.
I am relieved. Grace, grace, grace. I...
STUDY BREAK: If you had the opportunity to talk to...
“For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For...”
– Romans 5:6–11 (ESV)
April 2012
8 posts
“But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and...”
– Psalm 5:11–12 (ESV)
“You know, sometimes all you need is 20 seconds of insane courage. Just literally...”
– We Bought a Zoo
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#BGDatBGSU: The inauguration
Twelve students from Michigan State University attended Cru’s Intern Kickoff Weekend in Indy last weekend. (Photo credit: @kristin_madeja)
During the 2012–2013 school year, Lord willing, I will serve as an intern with Cru at Bowling Green State University. And I figure it’s about time I start blogging about the experience! This summer, I’ll be living in the Lansing area for...
“I guess what I am trying to say here is my problem isn’t really with Joel Osteen...”
– Max Dubinsky
March 2012
2 posts
Jehovah-Jireh.
(Let me start by saying I’m bothered by the fact that I don’t know if the hyphen is needed or if the second “J” should be capitalized. Reminding myself that I’ve never studied Hebrew and setting aside my perfectionist mentality for the time being.)
When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and...
“But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
– John 16:33 (ESV)
February 2012
4 posts
“Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the...”
– Jeremiah 9:23–24 (ESV)
“But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its...”
– Romans 9:20–21 (ESV)
“I pray that we will be a people who refuse to gorge our spiritual stomachs on...”
– Radical by David Platt
Radical.
I’ve read Radical before.
David Platt wrote an absolutely incredible book that has challenged my view of the gospel and the way I want to live my life.
(I read it over a long weekend last March. I couldn’t put it down.)
But I’m reading it again.
Sure, reading a book a second time isn’t necessarily a big deal. I’m not going to say that I’m one of those...
January 2012
5 posts
Worthy?
That was the theme of Real Life’s women’s night on Friday. (Pachel and I made an appearance — though it was regrettably short due to wisdom teeth extraction that morning — and it has been my only outing since the oral surgery.)
I figured “Worthy?” would make a fitting title because lying on a couch for the past four days has forced me to acknowledge the extent to which I...
Love and truth.
“All You Need Is Love.”
“God is love.”
“Love wins.”
I’ve heard so many songs and participated in so many conversations and read so many articles and listened to so many rants about love being the solution to some of the world’s most obvious problems — hate crimes, segregation, genocide, etc.
Seems like a good theory. After all, Paul writes in 1...
A barometer of growth.
This morning, while driving to work, I cried for someone. Not about someone — for someone.
I’m not accustomed to feeling so deeply the pain of others. But the ugliness of the situation and the pain of my friend resulted in seemingly inevitable tears.
If that’s not evidence of the Lord working in my life, I don’t know what is. Those involved in Ball State Cru might say that God...
Spirit bumps.
I don’t know how to put words to what I’m feeling.
Throughout the course of the past 24 hours, God has made His presence blatant.
I ended up in Habakkuk earlier this week, and these words have stuck with me ever since.
Look among the nations, and see; wonder and be astounded. For I am doing a work in your days that you would not believe if told. (Habakkuk 1:5, ESV)
...
“You don’t come to God to give. It’s blasphemy to come to God to...”
– John Piper, Passion 2012
December 2011
2 posts
Roller coasters and emotions.
Technically, it’s Saturday. But it’s late Friday night in my mind. And for the first time in a long time, I feel as though I have something to write.
I talked to Holly on Thursday (which feels like yesterday) night. She told me she wants to excel at writing. So it seems only fitting for my delayed response to our conversation to take the form of written word.
Most people like roller...
Hiatus indefinitely over.
November 2011
1 post
It's a process.
Yes, I’m aware that I haven’t blogged in three months.
For the first time in a long time, I WANT to write.
But I’m in the middle of a lot.
Patience, please. (It’s my least ripe fruit of the Spirit.)
August 2011
3 posts
Words of affirmation.
Dear women, read this article by Fabienne “Fabs” Harford. Here’s an excerpt:
Jesus talks about the danger of receiving affirmation from people in such a way that it adds something to you. People’s instinct is to assure you that it’s valid to want or even need affirmation from other people, but Jesus says otherwise. He says that affirmation and love from another human being...
Censorship and filtration.
You know those times when your mind sprints when you were hoping for a leisurely jog?
Call my mind Usain Bolt.
I wrote a seemingly random post late last semester, and I feel like this one somehow connects. I wrote about self-imposed freedom — something I’m exercising in this very moment by allowing myself to emphasize that text by simply highlighting and pushing Ctrl + B. (This may seem...
1 tag
“Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were...”
– Acts 4:13 (ESV)