Where God's Word Meets Our Mess
I prayed a very simple prayer yesterday morning: "God, help me be friendly to someone who is lonely." I know that God gives us opportunities to give Him glory, but I usually mess up those opportunities—including the opportunity that He gave me yesterday.
Introverts are often stereotyped as people who are unable to carry on a conversation, unable to have fun at parties, and unable to spend more than a few minutes at a time with people. As an introvert, I feel like those are pretty big assumptions (that definitely aren't always true). But I'm also willing to admit that introverts do have a lot of fears related to social situations—including these three fears.
I hope you can use these resources in your own life and share them with others. Happy watching, reading, and listening!
I felt completely helpless to change my circumstances, but I also felt so far from God. I struggled to appropriately deal with the negative emotions that I felt—probably because I craved constant happiness and believed that I was entitled to it. I couldn't see a way out of the downward spiral that my life had become.
Today's post was written by novel writer and blogger Aleigha C. Israel. Her thought-provoking post is an encouragement to all of us to remember whom we should ultimately desire to please in everything that we do.
Today's post includes a poem about our struggle to let go of (or even simply loosen our grip on) the things in this life that we value too highly. The truth is that this life is temporary—so everything in it that you treasure could disappear in an instant. Except for Jesus. He isn't temporary like everything else we know. And He alone remains when nothing else does. So instead of clinging to temporary treasures, cling to the One who always was, is and will be.
As this passage from Paul's second letter to the Corinthians says, the Lord is our Comforter in every hardship that we face. And He wants His children to comfort others when they face hardships, too. By comforting others like He comforts you, you can point them to Him. Here are three ways to do that.
This is the third (and final) post in the Thriving at College blog post series! I sincerely hope that you have found the tips in this series to be helpful and edifying. Most importantly, I hope that you can rest in the fact that God is with you throughout this entire semester—and beyond! Here are the last five tips in this special series.
This is the second post in the Thriving at College blog post series, and I'm excited to share several more tips with you about succeeding in college. These tips will hopefully benefit you as you're starting (or preparing to start) college. Here are five tips to help you thrive.
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