Beautifully Broken

This week has been crazy.  It's had some pretty extreme highs and lows already, and as always, I know this semester is going to be in need of a whole lot of coffee and Jesus! Last week at vertical, TA asked us what we are hungry for: love, acceptance, good grades, rest, significance . Wow.  I didn't realize until that moment how much I hunger for significance.  Without realizing it, I feel like this craving was affecting so many different parts of my life. As a senior in college, here are a few areas that I let the need for significance take over: Friendships:  I'm really good at doubting myself.  I have some of the most incredible friends, but I take the small things to heart.  This can be good when the small things are positive, but I overthink the negative.  I know that words of affirmation is one of my top love languages, but I began to use that as an excuse to start doubting my value as a friend and questioning what I actually have...

I'll start by saying the last two weeks have been a whirlwind for sure.  I've been reading through Ezekiel, and I hate to say this, but sometimes I get stuck on parts of the Bible that I just don't think relate to my life. (But as always, I am SO wrong-but I'll get back to that.) So as many of y'all know, I was in a pretty scary car wreck on Tuesday. Literally every part of my car was destroyed-except for the front of the driver's side, which I was able to walk out of. That in itself is a testament to why God has the greatest timing, planning, and protecting possible.  The wreck was terrifying, but in reality it was one of the lesser hardships of life. Personally, I have dealt with losses that make losing my poor little car look like nothing. I was asked the day before the wreck at a retreat "When all is said and done, how do you want to be remembered?" I said that I want to be remembered for choosing to find joy through Christ.  The week before the wr...