Now is the time to say goodbye to the old you. If you've given your life to Christ, you are a new person! How amazing is that? Imagine this, you dumping all the things you once were, all the things you once did, all the names you were once called right into the garbage, and walking away with your head held high. At that moment, you're smiling the brightest smile because you know you've been set free. You walk away knowing that you have a purpose, knowing that you are now a child of the King. Wow.  At this point, it's all about what God thinks of you and how you can serve him. So, you can let go of feeling like you have to impress anyone. You can do away with those things you're using or doing to bring happiness into your life for what is really just a short period. I don't need to name them. I'm sure you know. We all have our challenges, but God can help us through them. I'm here to tell you that nothing is going to fill your soul like Jesus, a genu...

One weekday morning I opened my eyes and all of a sudden, my mind was flooded with every bad memory I had about myself, and negative things that happened in my life. These memories were things that still had a mark on me. Things that still made me feel less than. The memories consisted of times when I had been rejected. Crazy right. Apparently I was still holding onto feelings of rejection and I didn't even realize it. As my mind played memories like someone scrolling though pictures on a camera roll, tears flowed down my face, literal tears. All I could feel was the pain of rejection.There was the time when I didn't make the cheerleading team. Sounds silly right. Yeah, apparently it meant way more to me than I thought it did. Not making teams was consistent in my life by the way. That lead me to stop trying out for things because I felt like I wasn't good enough. Comparison started to creep in. The boys I liked not liking me back during my school years. The heartbreak du...