Grace Upon Grace

Funny, brutally honest conversations always seem to come about late at night or when you really have no clue how to handle them. They call it like it is and make you vulnerable and uncomfortable at times, but these conversations need to happen.  I find it rather humorous when two people who haven't spoken to each other in sometime, wonder why the conversation stopped in the first place. Especially when it is apparent that it was mutual.  Friendships and relationships, to me should be one in the same on many levels. In my opinion if they are real and genuine, they don't take effort. They simply happen. They are real. You talk because you connect with that person. You laugh because you enjoy each other. If they're not around, you miss them. You check-in because you simply care. And you cry because you hate to see them experience things that you have no control over. You're protective because they're important to you.  So many times we attempt to justify reasons for pe...

I think so often, especially us ladies or really just those stepping out into their careers, that we get so caught up in having to look the part or be the part, that we forget the actual part we are supposed to play out in life... OURSELVES!   I know for me that if I walk out of the house without lipgloss, earrings, my emerald ring,  and a watch on my wrist, something feels missing. I am fully capable of doing my job and the tasks at hand a 100% with or without the lip gloss, but I just don't feel like ME. There have been literal moments when I knew one of my roommates would be driving past my work later in the day and I would consider texting them to bring me an "accessory" because I just felt naked without it. Regardless of the curls, cute sweaters, red lips, and makeup- I just didn't feel "put together." Whatever happened to just being you? Don't get me wrong, I love getting dolled up and wearing the red lips and the heels for 5 minutes because that i...

Every year, I promise myself that this upcoming year will be better than the last year. And then at the end of the year, I do my re-evaluation. A week ago, I found myself journaling that this year, 2014, I wanted to be content with where God currently had me in my life and not try to figure it all out. That did not mean complacent but to truly be at peace with where I am in life and to just enjoy the journey. January 9, 2013 I wrote in my journal, “much stress comes from you trying to make things happen before their time. So let go of what you cannot control and accept what you cannot change.”  So that’s great in all, but as I began studying and journaling even more, I began flipping through old journals and reading old blogs and I came to a realization that, this was something I have wanted for the past 2 years.  2012, 2013 and now 2014.   I just want to be at peace with where I am and have faith in my future.  The past 3 weeks, my pa stor has preached on the “Open ...