I am quite passionate about the fact that we cannot earn our purity. I’ll explain all of that in a moment, but first I need to rewind and provide a bit of a backstory into my childhood. When I was 7, I became a Christian. I didn’t fully understand what that meant yet, just that Jesus had forgiven me for the wrong things I had done and that He would give me life in Heaven when I die. As I… Read more »
A few months ago, I saw the movie 17 Again for the first time. And OMGoodness! I loved it SOOO much! (I have no clue why I hadn’t seen it sooner. For one, I love the movie 13 going on 30, and from what I knew about 17 Again I thought it was similar to that. For two, it has Zac Efron in it… and I had a major crush on him when I was 12. #TroyBolton #Sighs.) Anywho… My favorite part was when the… Read more »
I attended a small Christian private school from the 6th grade until I graduated high school. Sophomore year, we had a new principal who believed a minor infraction was the result of a “heart issue,” as she put it. Not that that idea is necessarily bad in and of itself; the problem was, she used the phrase “heart issue” over and over again in a very negative context. Every Wednesday at chapel, she would remind us of the rules so… Read more »
