Week 4 of our James Scripture memory challenge!

A Life Lived Beautifully Feature: Courtney Kassner

When I get to the end of each day, I want to be able to say “Lord, I did all I could to share Christ.”

We are on week three of memorizing the book of James together and my heart is still so excited about this! 

Join me in memorizing the book of James this year!

Life is too short to be wasted. 

When productivity feels impossible and interruptions seem to multiply, I remind myself of how Jesus handled distractions.

Join me in taking the “taste and see” challenge in 2016!

The books I read in 2015 and the books I plan to read in 2016!

By this point you’ve probably already heard of the unfortunate mistake at the Miss Universe Pageant. Videos are plastered all over the internet of the heart-wrenching moment the crown was taken off of Miss Colombia and placed on the rightful winner, Miss Philippines. It is hard to watch without a deep feeling of sympathy and disappointment for Miss Colombia, the runner-up. As I watched the video replay, my heart pounded out of my chest and tears stung my eyes, because the feeling of rejection is all too familiar to the human heart. As a matter of fact, I would venture to say that rejection may be one of our deepest fears as women. 

We want to be chosen. We want to be loved. We want to know we are worthy. But we fear we are just not enough, we don’t make the cut, or we won’t receive “the crown” that proves our worth.