Entries by Kylie Kristeen

Unsatisfied

Let’s talk about food for a sec. I’m currently on a specific meal plan, which is great in one sense: I don’t have to think about my meals during the week (just the four hours I spend on the weekends prepping the meals), I’m losing weight, I have more energy. All that is great.

But there’s a downside. Let’s talk about it…

A Pleasing Aroma

If someone you love makes a sacrifice just for you, you may not get joy out of their sacrifice, but you will feel honored. Sacrifice indicates that we are willing to release something of value so that we may cling to Someone who is utterly invaluable.

Let’s talk about it…

Stay Put

Funny how the way we feel time can inspire a sense of panic or a sense of dread. And yet a day is still only one day. Those twenty-four hours are not the least bit impacted by our sense of urgency.

Neither is God, for the record.

Let’s talk about it…

Too Casual

Story time… Once upon a time, I was a college student, and my life looked a lot like the TV show friends. A good friend of mine lived in the apartment across the hall from my roommate and me. Our closest guy friends lived in the apartment behind us. So it wasn’t uncommon for me to come home from class and find a bunch of people who did not share my address sitting on my couch…

What If

We have to ask ourselves, “What are we really afraid of?” Pause here. Examine your most oft-recited what if’s and ask yourself what’s really at the bottom of this fear. Then come back and keep reading. I don’t want us to stop at the uncovering. I want us to get to the undoing.

Distracted

Distractions have a tendency to get us flustered, bothered, and fixated. But giants? They just fall. One stone slung with the boldness and confidence that nothing can derail what God has set into motion, and down goes Goliath.
If David had given in to his brother’s distraction, he would have missed the mission God had for him at that battlefield. He might never have fought the very battle that gave him royal access. I wonder, what distraction might be keeping you from fighting the giant that would lead to your royal access?