BeautifullyBroken

Most of my life, change has scared me. Still to this day, change scares me. A friend sent this to me, so I got to thinking, why does change scare me so much? I think it's because I feel like I'm usually, on the "losing" end of that change. Although, change is going to happen, it's a fact of life. People come in and out, job changes, kids grow up, there's always change, which means always adjusting......... God asks us to " transform our mind ." (Romans 12:2) Transforming into actually being what God says for me to be, doing what he wants me to do, following his " good, pleasing, and perfect will ." (Romans 12:1) I think that it goes a step further than just transforming our minds, I think that we have to change our actions and our hearts. We have to believe God's word so much with our hearts and minds, that it automatically comes out in our actions. So, the question lies in "How do we train ourselves to do this?" I usuall

During one of my classes this week, we were talking about being poor. Someone made the comment that children in the United States are not allowed to live in poverty with their parents. Short story, I did some correcting of this misconception and basically said that there are many reasons why children are put into foster care. That children can be put into foster care due to neglect, physical abuse and/or emotional abuse, along with our abuses. I opened up to this group and told them bits about my time in foster care. In that instant, they changed how they saw me. Someone made the comment, "I didn't know that about you."  I was worried about this for quite awhile. On one hand I was able to say, you don't know a person's situation, so treat every one that you come into contact with kindness and respect. You never know what has happened in their life, what they are fighting with in their life, their struggles, their daily living, abuse. People who seem th