God planned for our lives to connect. Let's make sure we keep it that way.

But fear is confusing. It tears you in two. Half of you wants to run far, far away, but the other half is paralyzed, frozen, immovable. And the hard part is that you never know which half is going to win.

I welcome each new day with a hopeful expectancy that I, too, will rise above the ordinary. For I am not content to live a merely 'normal' life or settle for an average existence. No, I am destined for more - much, much more.

It seems totally unfair that the way we look matters so much. I mean, why can't we just get over this gotta-be-thin-and-beautiful thing? Why can't we just accept ourselves and others for what we are?

God planned for our lives to connect. Let's make sure we keep it that way.

I grew up in a difficult environment, but I became a Christian as a teen. My mom and my sister soon became Christians also.

I mean all this focus on how we look on the outside. It's just all wrong