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Simplify

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Happy New Year, guys! While I was blog-hopping this morning, I found something interesting that I’d like to try, here. From what I gather, it’s pretty much called the “One Word Challenge.” The challenge basically asks you to pick a word that describes what you want to focus on this year. When I read it, the word that immediately came to mind for me was: Sometimes I feel like there’s too much going on in my life. School, church, work, club responsibilities, social demands, my struggling writing life, etc. All those things don’t even include all the inner conflicts that come with the transition from “teenager” to “young adult.” It’s like everything just gets all piled up and, unfortunately, I tend to get tangled up in it all. So tangled up that I feel like can’t move, metaphorically speaking. Of course, I’ve noticed over the years that for every issue in my life, there generally tends to develop an appropriate physical manifestation –and that physical manifestation is usually wh...

13 Things to Ask Yourself About 2013

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  Hey, everyone! This began as a "Dear 2013" prompt, but I liked this idea more because it's a little more introspective. So… As I answer these questions from The Lady Okie  blog, I hope you’ll take some time to do the same. 1.       What am I most proud of this year? I guess I’m most proud of the fact that I went to Mission Camp Macon this summer. It was a life-changing experience –even though the experience wasn’t exactly what I expected. 2.      How can I become a better ______________? Servant. I hope that I can become a better servant of Christ (and others) in 2014. In in the years since I got saved, I’ve learned that when I seek to serve my Lord, I naturally develop more of a servant’s heart and I believe that a servant’s heart is key to effectively ministering to those around me. 3.      Where do I need to allow myself grace? Eww… I’m probably a little too hard on myself about pretty...