by Jodie Stevens | Apr 1, 2014 | Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Hope |
It’s the best day of my life. I’m seventeen years old. It’s English literature class and the papers have just been graded. The assignment: to write an essay using irony based on Judy Brady’s famous essay ‘I Want a Wife.’ I’m an average student at best and having been...
by Jodie Stevens | Mar 30, 2014 | Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Fear and Anxiety, Happiness |
Are you the person you want to be? As a child you believed. Did you let fear, self-doubt, or the opinions of others crush your dreams? “You can’t be an astronaut, you’re not smart enough,” “You can’t be a fireman, it’s too dangerous.” By seeking love and approval, we...
by Jodie Stevens | Mar 16, 2014 | Fear and Anxiety |
Usually my dreams are terribly perplexing and run like one of those experimental avant-garde movies from the 1920’s or 1930’s where nothing seems to make sense. But every once in a while I have one I can discern. I’m sitting on the sidewalk; feet on the ground,...
by Jodie Stevens | Mar 16, 2014 | Choices, Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Hope, Thankfulness |
I’ve never heard a believer say that God isn’t good. Many people that don’t know Him blame Him for their troubles and all the suffering in the world. But Romans 5:12 tells us that: “When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to...
by Jodie Stevens | Mar 12, 2014 | Choices, Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Fear and Anxiety, Hope |
A lot of churches have a saying; ‘come as you are.’ There’s a reason for this. I don’t think it’s that we should show up in pajamas or gym clothes. It means we should come in our brokenness. We bring our struggles and addictions; wounds and afflictions; illness, shame...
