From the outside looking in, my story seems simple and straightforward. I grew up in a home that taught me a lot about Christianity, which I am extremely blessed by. I went to church, youth group, and attended a bible camp in the summer. I accepted Christ into my heart at a young age, knowing…
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Worthless is the one word I would use to describe how I felt growing up. For as long as I can remember, I never found myself worthy of anything. My parents got divorced when I was four and my family and I constantly fought. I had friends but I always felt like I was never…
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If you’re like me, you love exercising. Exercising is one of my favorite things to do and, believe it or not, it greatly influenced my choice for picking a college to attend. Exercising takes dedication, commitment, and faith in your body to improve itself over time. Faith is difficult, not only in exercising or lifting,…
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First off, if you’d like to get some coffee or something of the sort and chat about more of what I mean by all of this or just talk about what the bible is all about, I am more than willing to make time to meet up! My life has been marked by the great…
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Have you ever felt that no matter how hard you tried, you just didn’t feel that you did a good enough job, or that someone was completely satisfied with you? That’s how I felt most of my young life. I grew up in a small town near Detroit where my father owned and ran a…
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Growing up, I went to church every Sunday. I remember going as a kid to Sunday school at a church not to far from my home from second grade until middle school. But after a while, we stopped going every week, and only went to church for Thanksgiving, Easter, and Christmas. Despite this, I maintained an itch to…
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My story started pretty simple. I grew up in a loving Christian family, got baptized when I was eight years old, and started to take my faith much more seriously starting around the time I was thirteen, but things in my life quickly became complicated after that. My dad had been unemployed for a while,…
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Growing up, I was going through the motions, but I did not have a personal relationship with God or understand His love for me. This caused me to find my identity in grades, reputation, and relationships. During high school, I became anxious, depressed, and did not feel good enough based on society’s values. Although anxiety…
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My story… wow. What’s my word limit? I’ll do the best I can with the space I have here, but if you ever want to get a cup of coffee and hear more, let me know (I’d even skip lecture for it). That’s enough chit chat for now, let’s get started. I grew up in…
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During my childhood, I was angry and doubted God’s goodness. To others my life was really great. I had loving parents, lots of friends, a bubbly personality, good grades, and I always kept myself busy with sports and clubs. But behind closed doors, I struggled with depression and OCD that affected my daily life starting…
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