gracefully broken

It’s the first month of the new year, and this is one of my favorite times. Why? Well, because I get to choose a word that will define my actions for the months to come. Every time I choose a word, I think about a scripture to go with it, and how that word will affect me & those around me. I think of how it can grow me in my relationship with Christ, others, and how I can even grow myself. This year, my word is  P E R S I S T. The definition of “persist” is “to continue firmly or obstinately in an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty, opposition, or failure.” Galatians 6:9 says “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” When I think of this verse, I think of all the lost people I come in contact with day in and day out. It’s not always easy to be the light we’re told to be as Christians, but this verse tells us to keep on. Sometimes it’s so tiring trying to reach people for the Lord when you feel no progre...

"Why do you always look so judgmental?" This is a question that people ask me often, and usually, I don't realize what I'm doing until someone calls me out on it. Typically, it's just my face, but there are times when it's more than that. I am someone that struggles with trying to  always find the good in people. I feel like it is fairly easy to judge people, whether it's based on appearance, what you've heard about them, or how they act. One specific thing that I used to catch myself thinking often was, "They have so much sin in their life. At least I’m not that  bad." LET ME TELL YOU!! This is beyond wrong . I am a sinner, you are a sinner, we are all sinners. I have no right to look at other people's sins and compare them to my own when every single sin I commit is just as bad.  In God's eyes, all sin is equal. It is all evil, and against Him. Therefore, comparing the gossip I might have started at lunch to the murder t...