Lizzy's Footprints

College, a journey we’ve all been looking forward to, yet one of the biggest decisions of our lives.  You start to google to find out what options you have, before you know it you are lost.  Lost in the long list of all the different school, the pressure seams to build and you don’t even know what you want/need anymore.  If your smart or gifted then schools “fight” for you, if your average (like me) then you got to roll with the punches and find the school for you.  As I go about finding my college, I now know that I won’t be attending a Christian college and here is why. Being a Christian is so much more than following a religion and set of “rules” brought on by a church.  It is the following Christ in every aspect of our lives, and I feel that we have lost that in many ways as a Christian community.  Why would I go to a school when I don’t agree with all that they believe in?  From the experiences I’ve had in the past I know that any school/org...

I don't always smile, I don't always laugh, I don't always live in the moment But I live with joy I live with heart break I live with pain I live with dissapointment But I share my joy I share my smile, through my heart ache I share my laugh, through my pain I share my moments, through my dissapointment True joy is only found in One. The One that is often lost, The One we often ignore. Wake up all who are weary, Wake up all who lost hope, Look up all you who are sad. Joy is constant through Christ. Smile my friends! ~ Lizzy

     Do you ever feel lost in life?  Like you are traveling with your eyes closed.  Maybe you feel tugged in two different directions.  I often get lost going any where.  There are so many ways to get to one place.  Often as Christians, we can lose sight of where we are going.  The world bombards us with thoughts, emotions, opinions that cause us to get caught up and confused.  Watch this scene from the lion kind and then continue reading...      That scene has always amazed me, it continues to open my eyes.  We are all constantly undergoing an identity crisis, losing sight of who we truly are.  "Look inside yourself.  You are MORE than what you have become.  Remember who you are.  Remember..."  Who are you?  Are you a introvert or extrovert?  Public schooled or home schooled?  A teen or adult?  Right or left brained?  ...

          Have you ever gotten to know someone who it the exact opposite of you?  Maybe you are even related to your other side.  Mary of Bethany and Martha are the sisters that are complete opposites.  Their older brother Lazareth is who Jesus brought up from the dead.  When Jesus would travel to Bethany He would stay with Mary and Martha.  These ladies set the stage on what it looks like to be a followers of Jesus, in there different ways.  I think God used these sisters to show us what we should strive for in our relationship with God.  Are you a Martha or Mary?           Martha is know for her "famous" scene in the kitchen, getting irritated that her sister wasn't there to help her prepare food for all their guest.  In Luke 10:38- 42 we read this story and see her ask Jesus,  "D o You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? ...

          First things first when I speak of being boy crazy I don't mean that all girls are attracted to multiple guys at once, as the Urban dictionary describes it.  I simply mean that we get crazy over boys.  Each of us girls will reach a phase in life when we are single and desire to have a boyfriends, it is natural we are looking forward to the future.  As a young girl growing up watching romances and even reading romances, I thought I knew exactly what love was.  Sadly I had no clue what love was, because it wasn't what Hollywood portrayed.           Let's all be honest with each other, you are boy crazy.  Yes I am calling you out.  We all desire the attention of any guy.  We just want to be told we are beautiful, smart, or wise.  Have you ever found yourself liking a guy   because he said something nice to you once ?  It is nice to hear that you look pretty from one of your gi...

Today I got the blessing and opportunity to share my story at our new church. Click here>  The lifestream of tonight's service  to watch, I speak at the 45-minute mark.  You can also just read it below.           "Jesus wrecked my life, shattered it to pieces, and put it back together more beautifully.”   Katie Davis writes in her book Kisses from Katie.   Multiple times my life has been shattered , and God has built me into who I am today through those moments .   But my life moto has always been “If God bring s you to it, He can bring you through it.”         I have two older sisters and I have always been very close with both of them.  My eldest sister Stephanie, a school teacher lived closes to us and spent most weekends with us, she played a major role in my life.  I looked up to her , she was my older sister after all.  I n the summ...

     As life seams to speed up and the week comes to a close this song comes into my mind.  The world will always pull us deeper in but we are our best selves when we give God the rains and let Him tug on our hearts.  Pastor Charles Stanley once said, "Earthly wisdom is doing what comes naturally.  Godly wisdom is doing what the Holy Spirit compels us to do."  The world is all about quick fixes, but God knows that our pain, or problems can be solved with his love.  Our Messiah came to fix our messes.  All we have to do is clear our stages and fix our eye toward our king. Listen to this song with an open heart, and open mind: "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect." - Romans 12:2       This is the constant battle all Christians face.  Not falling into the...