What Girls Get Wrong

Some days are a breeze. Others are hard. Like today. There's a lot of stuff going on in my life right now ("Yeah yeah, Christy, join the club." I know, you all have a lot going on, too). And honestly, sometimes I get drained from it all. Like today. I came home late from work with a bad headache and a bunch of things to get done, only to have some unexpected things pop up. My to-do-list won't be finished today. Days like this, when seemingly nothing goes my way (I admit, hyperbole, but hey, that's what it feels like), I can feel like a failure. Like somehow I messed up this whole life thing (yep, cue drama queen). On those days, and honestly every day, there's a list of things that I need to remember:  1. God loves me. " But God demonstrates His own love toward us,  in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."  ~ Romans 5:8 NKJV Isn't it amazing, that our God loved us so much, He was willing to die for us? And He pa...

Sometimes, you feel as if you've got nothing more to give. I stared at the screen for a good ten minutes, trying to figure out something, anything to write about. Sometimes it's easy to write something. Sometimes I get an idea that practically writes itself. And sometimes I have to drag the idea out, inch by painful inch. All-in-all, it's not easy a good chunk of the time. A lot of things aren't easy. Being a Christian isn't easy. Taking a stand for what God has taught you, taking a stand against what you know in your heart and from God's Holy Word is wrong, is not easy. Serving God with your all by completing your assignments or grading papers when you rather go eat chocolate chip cookies and watch reruns of Once Upon a Time is not easy. And sometimes (at least I do), we feel completely drained from it. Like we can't go on. Like we have no idea what comes next. What step we should take...what project needs to be finished...how to finish...

"I can do all things through Christ Who strengthens me" ~ Philippians 4:13 This verse is on a sticky on my dry-erase board. I've memorized it. Because in the grit of life, when all that stuff comes and slaps you in the face, it's hard to remember. We can do all things through Christ. Not some things. Not a few things. All things. Everything God wants us to do, He'll give us the strength to get it done. Last week I wrote something really similar to this, but it bears repeating. Witnessing to your classmate? God strengthens you. Staying in your marriage when your husband thinks the floor is his hamper? God strengthens you. Reading your Bible even though it's already 10:45 p.m. and you still have a test to study for? God strengthens you. Loving your coworker when she just cut you off in the parking lot, and then blamed you that her project isn't done? God strengthens you. Accepting the call God has for you, even though it means getti...