Before Christ, I was a shy, disheartened individual. By the time I came into high school, my first assumption on of people was that no one liked me, that everyone thought I was annoying, goofy, boring, not-what-they-were-looking-for. I assumed people only wanted to spend time with others that could give them something, and since I…
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In my early childhood, I had grown up in a Christian household. My mother and father would take my brothers and I to church every Sunday morning, and I would also go to a church group for kids to learn about the Bible after each Sunday service. I had always viewed Sunday mornings with a…
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I grew up as an only child living in an average home in Fort Atkinson, WI. For the first 12 years of my life, my mom was a stay-at-home mom while my dad was an Active-Duty National Guard. As an Active-Duty National Guard my dad wasn’t around a lot, especially during elementary school because of…
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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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Loneliness and anxiety were two things that marked my teenage years. I was constantly living in fear over if people liked me or not, I ran conversations through my head over and over again, and it would eat away at my time. My junior year of high school, the feelings of loneliness were intensified, and…
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I always grew up thinking that to be a Christian it was all or nothing. You either had to be 100% devoted or not a Christian at all. I followed what I thought was the “perfect” image of being a Christian. I studied the Bible like it was the back of my hand, I attended…
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If I hadn’t had Christ when my parents moved away from me in high school, or when I went to college, or England, I would be a very different person. I would be bitter, mean, angry and probably depressed. I only have joy and hope because of Jesus. The only person whose acceptance matters is…
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Unworthy. Unwanted. Uninvited. Unlovable. Insignificant. Not smart enough. Not pretty enough. Not hard working enough. Not funny, confident, or outgoing enough. Not good enough, period. These are all things that I believed of myself before I fully embraced the love of Christ. Growing up, though I was surrounded by so many friends and family, I…
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I grew up in a large family, and despite our size (or maybe because of it), I never felt truly known. This isolation left me feeling lonely and not truly loved. In 7th grade, I decided to go to a Christian Conference where I learned that God knew me and loved me and that He…
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