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A while back I typed out this quote from Mike Yaconelli and saved it in my notes with the title, "To Read Right Before You Go To College." And what beautiful words they are now to be reading three weeks into this grand adventure. Read this, and you'll see what I mean. So here I…
Senior year has been a marvelous, exciting time in my life. It's, well, hard to describe if I'm being honest. It has been wonderful, but frustrating too. I think I need to explain. REJECTED. I felt like it was spelled out in big red letters across my forehead. More so than a rejection from the…
November 26th, 2017. From my journal. "What I'm going back to tonight is my first high school fall retreat. The theme was the same as it was this year: "The Story." It was that Saturday night when I saw, for the first time I could remember, someone crying over Jesus's death. Tears were visibly running down…
On August 22, 2017, I turned 18 years old. Only a few days ago. My eighteenth birthday wasn't anything crazy. I didn't go skydiving or buy a pack of cigarettes or get a tattoo (not from a lack of trying...that's still in the works). Instead, it was a day of rest, reflection, and relaxation. I…
As conceited as this may sound, I’m not used to losing when I’ve worked hard to win. I’ve always been under the impression that the work I put in will equal what I receive in return. But that’s not the way God works. He gives himself freely, and the relationship He wants with us isn’t…
Lately, I have been finding these lyrics stuck in my head: Love of God, overflow. Permeate, all my soul I love the word "permeate," and I especially love it in this context. The word permeate means to pass into, or through, every part of something. What a wonderful thought it is to have God permeate…
Last summer I went on a mission trip to Hyattsville, Maryland, and that week was so incredible for me. There were so many times during that week where I thought to myself, "Man, God you have me." I want to explain the significance of that because that phrase alone means so much to me. That…
Maybe this is what life is. Maybe, just maybe, life begins once you're out of your comfort zone. Where everything becomes different, and you start doing things that you've never done. It begins uncomfortable. It begins on the outside. So when coming from the inside, when coming from your comfort zone, what's different can feel like…
Ellie Proctor 