Author: Rachel Bland
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Look Back at Your Notes
I forget things all the time. It seems like throughout the day there are thousands of little things I’m supposed to be doing. I try really hard to remember everything I have to do off the top of my head, but when there are too many things to do; and I start to feel overwhelmed, I…
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A House of Cards
Here recently, I felt life’s little worries start to creep up in my heart. I found myself being scared, questioning, and worrying about all sorts of things. Day by day it seemed like the questions were getting bigger and the worries grew stronger. I was afraid I was letting people down or worrying about my future. Then I…
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Stop Trying
Over the last couple of weeks, I started feeling super drained. I don’t really know how to explain it except for I was busy trying. I was trying to align God’s plan to my timetable. I was trying to fix everything around me. I was trying to be encouraging to those near me. I was trying…
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The Struggle is Real
I have something to confess to you all. And the struggle is real. It’s something I struggle with more than I would like to even admit. It’s something that is not really talked about, but it is so real in my life. I struggle with d o u b t. I doubt that God has…
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Dream Guide 2017
To start off this New Year, I thought I would share with you Jennie Allen’s Dream Guide 2017. Just by clicking on that link, it should automatically download for you to start dreaming for yourself, but I wanted to share with you my own dream guide for 2017. I am so excited it’s a new…
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{Mold}ed Heart
I don’t know about you, but coffee is a MUST everyday. I couldn’t even tell you the last time I didn’t enjoy a cup of coffee to start my day (even those days that start at noon). Then there are those days where multiple cups of coffee are required to make it through the day. It…
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The Answer to Doubt
I don’t know about you, but I struggle with doubt. I question what I’ve heard from the Lord. I question the character of God. I question His love for me. I question His faithfulness. I doubt. Typically, I think that I’m the only one who struggles with doubt. I think that is Satan’s way to make me feel…
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For Our Good
Now that it is officially summer, I have had a chance to reflect on this past school year and wanted to share one of the biggest things the Lord taught me: It was 7th period and we were writing. The objective for the day was to write an informational essay while being timed. Eventually my…
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Waiting… Quickly
There are several perks to being a teacher: influencing kids’ lives, watching the lightbulb go off when a student finally gets something, and of course SNOW DAYS! Snow days are never really guaranteed, but always something to anxiously anticipate especially when the local (or national) weatherman has predicted 2-4 inches of snow overnight. It was…
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Puzzle Peace
Earlier this year, the Lord was teaching me about relationships, specifically family and what it looks like. God taught me He is Lord over my family–blood and church. He is the creator of family and His family includes everyone that belongs to Him even when it’s not an earthly blood line. Sometimes He calls people to give up…
Rachel Bland 