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I tend to always get reflective towards the end of the year. It's one of my favorite things about this season—in the midst of the pretty lights and the good company of others, I can look back at the year and gain an eagerness for the year ahead. But in this moment, I've found myself…
This season is an adventure. Everyday feels different and new. Everyday I screw up and stumble and return to the Lord in hopes of learning something from it. And it’s typical for me to find myself stumbling over the same thing the next day. Nothing about me is perfect, but everything about my Father is.…
God looks at you and says, "I've seen you, and I know you, and I'm not going anywhere." Do you believe that? That God sees you in the midst of your mess and still doesn't want to leave? Because over these past two months, there have been more moments than I care to admit when…
I've never been one to get super caught up in personality tests. Not that they aren't super interesting, because they totally are! But typically the results of my BuzzFeed quizzes get me more excited than my results from personality tests like the Enneagram or Myer's Briggs. However, after taking the Clifton Strengths test, I became…
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…
Since everything around me was going to change, I was expecting to feel so empty. But as I sit here at my computer the night before my first day of classes, my heart feels abnormally full. Wonderfully full. To my roommate—wow, just like, thank you. You have made this transition a breeze. I feel like…
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…
Ellie Proctor 