collections of stories
Everything. I met KT during a conference the first year I began working for the local church. I met her because we were stuck in a van together, our van was definitely the best, in May of 2013. When we got home, I asked her if she would mentor me and she graciously [...]
For the hard workers, the lovers, the fighters, the risk takers, the dream makers and the world changers... For the selfless, the compassionate, the adoring... For the unsure, the skeptical, the questioning... For the careful, the cautious, the broken, the healed, the weak, the strong, the defeated... Every year we think about Easter and what [...]
The difficulty to stand in the midst of pain and heartache and a detachment from the real worth that lies within ourselves is incredibly difficult. Sometimes I see girls around me going through the same phases of "I'm not good enough…", "I'm not worthy enough…", "I don't deserve love…", "I'm not pretty enough…". And my [...]
When I think of amazing people that inspire me I think of people that have a heart for others that some may think are undeserving, people that are optimistic about life even when I would consider it barely surviving, and people that genuinely love from the pits of their souls and give everything they can [...]
Life is amazing and beautiful. In fact, it is so amazing and beautiful that the good should outweigh the bad and we should pass along our smiles to those who don't have one. The idea of life and the potential to actually live, not just survive, is so massive that I am awestruck. Personally, I [...]
Sometimes it feels like we are headed down a one way path. Sometimes forks pop up and you have the option to keep going straight on what you had planned for the next five, ten, fifteen years and then you just keep adding to your own plan. You have your goals, your opinions, and you [...]
The past year of my life I have spent falling in love with a relentless God. Not relentless with anger and wrath but relentless with love, grace, and forgiveness. I found myself again when I was so lost in a materialistic and selfish world. I found myself hand in hand with Jesus. Facing a job [...]
The Celeste Elizabeth 