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I get stressed out a lot. Honestly, I think many of us do. When I get stressed out, I find myself not even knowing what to do. It's like I can't even get done what I need to get done because all I can do is think about is the next thing, and the next…
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…
I don't know about you, but I've always placed patience in a category with waiting and time, which I wish I had more of. But once I really began contemplating patience, I realized that patience has much more gravity than that. The definition of patience is this: "The capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble,…
A story from October 13, 2015. Lately, I've been struggling with school. Not with grades, but how to keep a positive outlook in the midst of stress and anxiety, and how to rely on God when I have AP homework to do, or when I have a big test to study for. It is in…
Do you remember when you were a kid, and your parents told you to run around when it was cold outside so you would get warmer? I remember being told that all the time! I would think to myself, "I'm too cold to run around. I bet if I just sit on the ground and…
Comparison has the power to destroy us from the inside out, and with social media, a timeline of comparisons is right at our fingertips. Even though I've seen the internet do incredible things like start charities for those in need, and make people smile, and give some encouragement when it's needed, other aspects of social media…
Lately, I've been thinking about the idea of passion. It's remarkably beautiful when someone is passionate about the right something or someone. And if someone were to ask you, "what's your passion?" You could sit there all day telling them about what makes your heart race, and what gets you out of bed in the…
We are able to love because God loved us first. The story of that love still affects me every day, and every day that is the love that makes me new and gives me grace. Love started off so pure and so innocent. God created man, and God created women. And he created them both…
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 