Nature & God

Psalm 23:1-3 “The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul.” Being that I only moved to Orange County last summer, there is still a lot that I’m learning about my new town and...

The Greatest Reward

Acts 2:38 “Peter replied, ‘Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.’” Last year, 2019, I experienced some pretty heavy things. Without getting too...

Never Playing Favorites

Acts 10:34 “Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism” My entire life, I have always felt like a second choice. Maybe I’m being dramatic, maybe I’m overreacting, but as a dancer, I was always the understudy. I was...

The Face of the Waters

Genesis 1:2 “The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.” Growing up in the Inland Empire, I constantly looked over my shoulder and carried pepper spray with me at all...

God Moments

Romans 8:26 “Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.” Until I turned sixteen, my life was fairly simple. I never experienced true...