I fought the urge to gasp while reading her text on my phone. The hard-to-swallow message caused a long-buried hurt to suddenly resurface. Rejection. Although I have felt the sting of rejection throughout my life, this was a lesson from the school of hard knocks, adult education department. Rejection happens in every stage of life—to little girls, teen girls, and grown girls. Almost like I was an experiment in a lab or a reality show. Will she survive rejection as a woman? Stay tuned Continue Reading
Relentlessly Followed {Recharge Wednesday LINKUP}
It was an acute case of the heebie-jeebies. I’d been watched and followed, and it shook me to the core. I spent the summer after my college freshmen year in ministry at Virginia Beach, Virginia with CRU (Campus Crusade for Christ). A mission at the beach—somebody had to do it. A young, crisp nineteen-year-old who wanted to make a difference in the world. Pursuing Christ with my whole heart and a passion to make Him known. College students from across the U.S. and one from England completed Continue Reading