I am quite passionate about the fact that we cannot earn our purity. I’ll explain all of that in a moment, but first I need to rewind and provide a bit of a backstory into my childhood. When I was 7, I became a Christian. I didn’t fully understand what that meant yet, just that Jesus had forgiven me for the wrong things I had done and that He would give me life in Heaven when I die. As I… Read more »
The following is a guest post by one of my dearest friends, Bonnie Last November, I decided that I desperately needed to take a break from social media. Most especially, I really needed a break from Instagram. I wouldn’t say goodbye to it forever, but just for enough time for me to get away from it mentally, literally and generally. Social media had become toxic to me. Whenever I think about last semester, I always think of Instagram as being… Read more »
Last November I read the book Dating Detox: 40 Days of Perfecting Love In An Imperfect World by Kevin and Lisa Cotter. The book is meant to be read in small spirts every day for forty days… I sped through it in one sitting LOL! After reading the book, I texted the friend who had loaned the book to me, telling her how much I liked it! I then had a crazy idea: What if I did something similar- a 40… Read more »
“Is praying for my crush to like me okay?” -I have heard that question so many times I’ve lost count. Each time I hear that question, my heart longs for me to be able to take the girl asking the question out for coffee. I want to be able to sit down with her, look into her eyes, and hear her story. To hear about the crush. To know why she likes him. Then, when she asks, “Is it okay… Read more »
Confession: I have never gone through a breakup. Sometimes I feel guilty about this. I sometimes wish I had gone through a breakup before so I would know how to help others when they go through them. I hate it when I see my friends go through breakups, especially when I don’t know when to help them. One of my best friends has gone through several breakups throughout her lifetime. A couple of weeks ago, she so graciously agreed to… Read more »
I have been avoiding the topic of saving your first kiss for marriage here on Joy Because Grace, simply because I’ve seen heated debates on this topic! I tend to prefer to avoid conflict as much as possible :) But a blog reader requested this topic, and so here I am :) Let me back up a bit and provide some backstory to this post- In some Christian circles, there has recently been a “movement” (for lack of a better… Read more »
Memorizing Bible verses is very important. There are times when we will need to reference a Bible verse, but may not have a Bible or our Bible apps on us. So, by memorizing verses we ensure that we will have God’s word in our hearts so we can refer to it as needed. Sometimes we think that memorizing Bible verses is hard- but this doesn’t have to be the case! I heard it once said, “If you can memorize song… Read more »
There are many reasons why it can be hard to be content while dating someone. However, with just a slight mindset change, contentment is obtainable. I’ve talked about discontentment A TON here on Joy Because Grace, but most times it’s been in regards to singleness and being contently single. However, it can also be hard to be contently dating. You see, it can be hard to be content while dating especially if a lot of your friends start getting engaged… Read more »
On November 8, 2017, I deleted Instagram off my phone. I did this for many reasons, all of which can be found in the post 7 Reasons Why I Broke Up With Instagram. And let me tell you, going without Instagram was hard. Very hard. Well, at least it was at first. As the months passed, I grew more and more accustomed to life without the time-sucking app. I found myself not even missing it… most of the time. It… Read more »
Presently, I am a high school Spanish teacher and I also teach kindergarteners once a week. The other day when I entered a kindergarten classroom, one little five-year-old ran up to me, smiled sweetly, and then exclaimed, “You look fat!” My first reaction was to look down at my clothes, thinking, “Oh no! What am I wearing today?” I saw myself in a pair of navy slacks and a blue shirt with a pale yellow cardigan. An outfit choice I… Read more »
