"Stand up and Shout"

Spent the week sitting at your computer? Studying? Netflix? Whatever the case is, you probably still feel exhausted but can’t quite figure out why since you haven’t exactly worked out. As surprising as it may seem, what your body might actually need is a little jog or workout to wake it up and get it out of lazy-mode.

As much as you currently might not want to, I encourage you to take those few minutes today to hold a 1-minute plank and knockout 25 crunches and 10 pushups! In fact, if you allot a few minutes every morning to do this I promise you will gain more energy then that extra cup of coffee. A light workout might just be all you need to wake up your body and get yourself ready to take on the next week like a boss.

The perfect clock

"I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you." Psalm 32:8

It never ceases to amaze me how perfect God's timing is. As I sat in my friend's mountain house this past weekend surrounded by an example of God's beautiful creation in nature, I couldn't help but feel drawn to pray. I noticed one of my favorite devotion books sitting on my friend's living room table so I decided I would open it up to the devotion assigned to the day.


As a senior in High School, the past few months have been filled with anxiety and worry because I am in the waiting period for hearing back from the many colleges to which I applied. I am definitely a planner and the activities for each of my weeks are laid out in my school agenda. However, the message in the devotion really made me pause and think about why I am so filled with anxiety. While I may be simply trying to figure out my future so I can feel at peace, I am actually grasping at things that are His. This, like all forms of worry, is an act of rebellion: doubting His promises to care for me.
I really needed to hear God's word reminding me to hold his hand in trusting dependence because He will guide us through our days. God's timing is better than any plan I could ever write out in my agenda, and I am thankful for reminders of this in God's word.