Abbie Miller
by Staff Writer Arianna Zander
Sweetness dripped off her words like rain, and at each sentence, I felt my hands clench. I knew what she did to my family. The rumors she’d spread, the accusations, the blackmail. “I was only trying to help,” she said, “it was my Christian duty.” Maybe she actually thought that. Or maybe it was just another lie. (more…)
By RTF Editor Bekah Hamrick Martin
Some of you know my story.
Shame.
Loss.
Depression.
Worthlessness.
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By RTF Staff Writer Kalli Simmerman
Ever done one of those trust exercises where you fall back and let a friend catch you?
Well I haven’t. It’s not that I don’t trust my friends. I would trust them wholeheartedly with certain things. Such as taking care of my things if I was gone, or handling my money, or my feelings given a certain situation.
However…
By Guest Writer Rachelle Rae
The Bible is full of stories in which God asked His children to “get up and go!”
Recently, He’s been having me dig a little deeper into those very stories. And He’s boggled my mind with this fact: When the Lord asked His people to go, He rarely told them where they were going! (more…)
Abbie Says:
Okey dokey! After the highly sophisticated method of scribblings the entries on a pieces of paper, folding them up and then randomly picking one…
the winner is… (more…)
By Guest Writer LuraKate Pijanowski
I have a self-esteem issue. It’s not just an issue, though — it’s actually a huge problem in my life.
Recently I signed up to go on a mission trip to New York City, and I was worried about what others thought of me, and how I was going to get along with everyone on the trip. The first day of the trip I was so nervous about whether or not people liked me, that I had a panic attack while serving in a soup kitchen. (more…)
by Mary Ann Frazier
I was hanging out with some friends recently. It was just after we had seen a movie, and we stopped by a store on the way home.
Old feelings rose up in me. Feelings of worthlessness, rejection, and ugliness. At first they succeeded in bringing me down, but why was I was looking at what the world thinks of me instead of remembering what God thinks of me?
So I asked God to help me. A moment later, I snuck a peek at a randomly chosen verse in a little Bible booklet I had.
At least I thought it was random.
The first words I saw were, “Christ in you, the hope of glory”. It was exactly what I needed to hear! (more…)