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When I was thirteen, I was terrified of Satan. The fear started when I watched a television special on The Exorcist, the seventies movie about a girl who is possessed by Satan. In this special, the commentators explained how the film was based on a real story, and then showed clips of the film to demonstrate what happened to the real-live girl. I couldn’t sleep for days. I preemptively told Satan “In the name of Jesus, leave!” over and over, semi-compulsively, until I fell as

A few days ago, I was scrolling facebook and I saw a video that was labeled something like, “the scariest thing I’ve ever seen.” Of course I click, and soon see a possessed women try to strangle and beat up a stranger on a train. There was such hatred in her eyes and such fear in his. The fear led the man to fight back and it was one of the ugliest things I have ever seen. I am reminded often at how hard the world is. When seeing or hearing of Satan's work, I have felt someth

"Well, sometimes the deeper you dig, the more rocks you hit. But after the dig, more dirt is out.” I said it, and sat wide-eyed, half laughing at myself… as if I were embarrassed that something so corny came out of my mouth. I resist corny…but somehow this metaphor was thoughtlessly announced, spewing out of my mouth as easily as a “hey, how’s it goin?” At the time, I was sitting with one of my closest friends. We got into the discussion of God’s habit of clearing out the ugl

I have meant to write of freedom, but I feel completely unqualified. If I am falling into comparison-thoughts, I could imagine multiple people that live more freely than I do…but that’s why I am writing- in a desperate attempt to practice what I preach and live in a way that I believe I am called to. Thoughts started churning a few nights ago while watching Titanic with my boyfriend and his roommates. We forgot how long that film was when we started it, but I insisted on stay

Hopefully this blog will reach some that have been confused about works vs. grace, because I was sitting in confusion for much too long. And its time to rest in grace. ^God says that. What does "sufficient" mean? Well, I can tell you what it doesn’t mean: inadequate, unreal. I have been living my life with a perfectionist attitude. And to my biggest joy, God has spent the last month intensely teaching me what it means to live in his grace. Has anyone else read the Ephesians 2