Becoming Virtuous
A blog sharing my thoughts on life and what God is teaching me
Category: Christian Life
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(Read Part 1 here.) In the midst of all my questioning, God has been faithful. There have been several times in my life where I’ve felt like God has spoken to me through music. In recent years, it most often seems to happen with me waking up with a song stuck in my head (sometimes…
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This has been an interesting (and difficult) year on many levels. I’ll catch you up to speed (prepare for a whirlwind in long form).
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Sitting here this evening, I’ve been weary under the weight of the heaviness of life. So much death and brokenness all around. The darkness seems so pressing, so close—and I’ve been crying out to God, wondering how do I move on from here? How can I possibly help push back the darkness? Then, a child…
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Another year has come to a close. It didn’t look anything like I expected, and it was one of the hardest in so many ways. Yet, God also proved His faithfulness time and again as He met me in the midst of the hard days. And I can say that I’m standing at the beginning…
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…people who keep reminding you that you are seen, loved, and wanted; …who listen to your funny stories, your confusions, your hopes, your hurts, and everything in between, sometimes for hours, yet entering fully into each one because they care deeply about you; …they encourage you when you’re weak, exhort you when you are off…
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Yesterday, I finally had a chance to finish my end of year review for 2022. Writing down all the highlights from the year, good and bad. And it had an unexpected outcome. Truth be told, I had been feeling kind of discouraged about last year—seeing all the ways I failed and wasn’t faithful, and wondering…
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Truth be told, some touch raw spots in my soul and I would prefer not to grapple with them. Trying to remember growth only happens on the other side of comfort. Here’s the distilled version, in case they encourage others:
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I’m done waiting. This life is too precious to be spent pining for a “someday it could be.” There’s too much at stake for me to stay on the sidelines—hesitating because life looks different than I thought it would, with the weight of my expectations causing me to lag behind reality. I’m done with the…
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This is our last selfie of the Vaughan ladies as Vaughan ladies. :’) As I look back on my sister’s wedding, I want to share some things I was grateful to God for this past weekend.
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Growing up, I never understood the stereotype that when women had a problem they only wanted someone to listen, they didn’t want solutions. Why would someone not want help when facing a problem? Thus, I would never bring up anything to anyone unless I respected them and wanted their input. Then I started to see…
Becoming Virtuous 