And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. 

  Galatians 6:9  

I need to tell you something that Marie Kondo left out: sometimes your home is not going to spark joy for you. It’s just... not. Most of the time (emphas...

“GIVE UNTO THE LORD THE GLORY DUE UNTO HIS NAME; WORSHIP THE LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS” (PSALM 29:2).

Holiness: the word that makes some cringe and others immediately feel at peace.

I remember a time in my life when I would have secretly fallen in the first category...

2 Corinthians 3:5 says, “Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God.”

Before I dive into this topic, do something for me! Grab a mirror. Look at the beautiful person looking back at you and tell her, “You ar...

"When I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me..." Micah 7:8

It was the last Sunday of April, and I was beyond excited for a “normal” (aka not freezing) 60* day to wear a spring dress and open-toe heels! Anthony and I loaded in the Jeep and drove to church, and...

Each time the first snowflake dances to the ground, the first leaf transitions to a bright orange, or the first tulip blooms, I feel happiness that is hard to describe. I love new years, new months, and even new days... but nothing quite as much as the birth of a new s...

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10

Several months ago, I went to the mall (apparently, like every other person in Knoxville that day). Walking through the crowded...

“You hung the stars and move the sea, and still You know me.”

Today is a little bit more personal. This is a not-so-shiny part of my story, the lessons  learned, and thankfully, my victory. I wish I could skip the negative and go straight to the good stuff, but lessenin...

PSA: This is a post in which marital advice is given from a 26 year old who has only been married for two years. If you have no interest in reading about marriage from a 26 year old who has only been married for two years, I completely understand. I do. No hurt feeling...

I know, it's everyone’s favorite topic when you’re not in one, and the most dreaded when you are. Hang in there with me, and I'll try to make it worth your time.

Let's start with 2 Scriptures and 2 Biblical truths.

1) Mark 10:18- “And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call...

"Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear." Ephesians 4:29

My husband is one of the few people in my life that knows I have a running notebook and "notes" sec...