Pursuing Faithfulness in the Little Things
If you’re reading this, I am personally thankful for you. For three-and-a-half years, I’ve written here on Earl Grey and Yellow about many things, including my final topic–thankfulness. Your readership and support have been vital in helping me grow. So much has happened since I started writing here and I’m thankful for all of it….
This week’s blog is bittersweet for me to write. I started this website in 2016 as a way of coping with a running injury. It was intended to be a place for me to encourage others and express my creativity. The focus was always on how faith intersects with every part of life. As I…
There are days I feel like I just can’t do it. I mean whatever “it” is that day. Showing patience to others, cleaning my house, going to work, making ends meet–I have my limits. I’m not a bottomless well of resources. Maybe you feel this way too sometimes. Maybe it’s exhaustion or the impossibility of…
Relying too much on what we see with our physical eyes is dangerous. Whether positive or negative, we can’t put our full trust in the eyes we’ve been born with. Things may appear hopeless, but there’s always more to the story. Remembering God is the Architect of our lives helps. He sees the outcome. He…
Some days, life beats us up. We fall short. We mess up. People disappoint us, and we disappoint others. Feelings of inadequacy can creep in and paralyze us. Days like that can make a person feel like a big, fat nobody. At least that’s how it goes for me sometimes. It’s an awful feeling. The…