My Walk by Faith

I can't believe it's nearly the new year! Why does time go by so fast??? For a while now, I had been thinking about what Christian/faith-based goals I want to do in 2025 and have come up with a good amount of goals that I hope I can achieve in the next year. I do want to deepen my faith and my relationship with God, so hopefully getting to do at least some of these will help with that.  I have found a place in the Christian community that makes me feel like I belong somewhere, and the people in the community are the kind of people that truly care for you, that are there for you as best as they can be, and  In no particular order, here is my 2025 faith goals/bucket list: Be an STM at a Joni and Friends retreat Read the Bible every day Pray every day Make a war binder Memorize 1 bible verse every 1-2 weeks Go to a Christian music concert Go to a Christian/faith-based event Make at least one Christian/faith-based art a month Learn how to play 1 Christian song a month on the violi...

Being able to participate in the last Five Minute Friday, it was awakened my creative writing, and I have decided to participate in this week's FMF. I love to write, so these weekly writing prompts are helping me in figuring out what I want to write. And I love that! This week's Five Minute Friday is: Trade For many years, I have been dealing with depression and anxiety. It has made so many days difficult. It was a struggle to do even the simplest things. It affected my sleep It affected my eating habits It affected my mood It affected my thoughts It affected everything in my life If I could trade it for peace and rest I would in a heartbeat Although Without experiencing depression and anxiety I wouldn't have the compassion, empathy, and understanding Of others who went through similar experiences I still deal with the depression and anxiety (More so with anxiety) But not nearly as bad as in the beginning Trading them for peace now Would mean I can truly rest I wouldn't...