“You have said, ‘Seek my face.’ My heart says to you, ‘Your face, LORD, do I seek.’” Psalm 27:8 Last fall, I existed in a state of low-level anxiety. From the outside, it could have been explained by the fact that, in addition to caring for my family of five, I’d also signed up…
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God knows exactly when I need to know, so He isn’t in a rush to tell me. Does this drive anyone else crazy? I want to know now. I’ve been asking God a question for a couple months, and He has renewed my urgency to ask. But do you know what else He’s teaching me?…
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Life has a unique way of revealing God’s plans, milestones, and what is to come. Getting older is strange. Often, I feel waves of graceful aging, while other days I feel frustrated by how my body reacts to normal life—soreness and fatigue from simple tasks I could endure all day just a few years ago.…
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Friendship is a funny thing. It can come and go, wax and wane, but it can also endure. Immediately, when I thought of friendship, the chorus of “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” by WAR popped into my head. Go ahead and sing it. You know you want to! I’m also certain that many of you…
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Emilee is an OG of Act 2 and we were so excited to catch up with her! This week, Emilee is sharing the call God placed on her heart to open a Pioneer Youth, a local youth center in Hogansville! Hearing the impact her obedience has made on her local community is inspiring! Want to…
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This week, Act 2 talks with Katheryn Bennett as she shares her journey through cancer, herself AND her daughter. Her God story reflects how God is with us and can handle our hard questions and disappointments! Her raw and real thoughts are things we have all thought or said at one point in our lives.…
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As believers, we often spend most of our time with other believers. We do life together—raise our children alongside one another, attend the same church, share meals, and know each other’s stories and families. And there’s nothing wrong with that. But if we’re not careful, we can become comfortable in our own circles—just us four…
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Lately, I’ve been really struggling to stay present. Patience feels hard, and finding joy in waiting is even harder. I often think to myself, “I’ll be happier once I get there,” or “I’m so ready for this season to be over.” I’ve been living in the future instead of embracing the present, and let me…
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I get tired. The demands of ministry, motherhood, relationships, to-do lists, other’s expectations, and the list could go on; they pile up and it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. In these times, and they seem frequent, I can react in one of three ways. First, it is easy to want to grasp at the reins of…
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My denomination doesn’t practice Lent, but I like to observe it each year because I feel like it helps refocus my attention on Christ during the Easter season. This year, I gave up social media. To put it frankly, IT WAS HARD. I knew I was “a bit addicted,” but giving it up for 40…
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