Like every well-versed Sunday schooler, I learned about Moses and the fickle faith of God’s chosen people. Even after miracle after miracle, they still did not trust in God. Consequently, they wandered for forty years in the wilderness. A story I thought I faithfully comprehended, until I foolishly followed in their footsteps. As a child […]
Tag Archives: gratitude
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Nov
Nov
When I was sixteen going on seventeen, our church youth group learned about the Appalachia Service Project (ASP), a Christian nonprofit ministry focused on the “eradication of substandard housing in Central Appalachia.” Growing up, I was aware that there were families who didn’t have the same standard of living we did, but participating in ASP […]
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Jan
Jan
I never truly understood the gift of gratitude until I humbled my ego and opened my heart to the Love of God. Never appreciating all that I had been given and every wonder that surrounded me. It never seemed to be enough. How did I like it? More, more, more. Always more. Whatever stuff I […]