Pinch of Heart

A blog by three girls.

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The Love of God There’s something so secure about God’s love. There’s almost a warmth about it. The same kind of warmth you get when you are worshipping through music or reading God’s word.

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Frozen Ham

One month ago today my sweet 21-year-old cousin, Mary Cathryn, decided be with the Lord. I wrote and read this eulogy at the funeral, and at the request of my family members, I have decided to post it. I came across these verses today and they seem fitting for how her death has affected me: “…you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith-more precious than…

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Keeping Our Eyes on God in 2018

Alright so, for most people 2017 was a blow. Personally, I had a great year, and for the past few days I’ve been wondering why it was so great, and just recently, I realized it was so great because God was at the center of my life. This past year, I finally buckled down on doing my devotional everyday (trying) and taking my relationship with God seriously. Sure there were plenty of occasions—a…

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Semester One Recap

Everyone told me that college would be “the best years of my life. Just wait you’ll love it!” Let me tell you it still doesn’t really feel like that.  Don’t get me wrong I LOVE my school, I’ve made fantastic friends, and I when I left for Christmas it kinda felt weird coming “home” (what is my home now, is it here or is it there, where??).  But, the reality is the first few weeks (…months really)…

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The God of My Failures

I love history. I know a lot of people don’t, but hang with me. We’re going to have a little history lesson before application. Genesis 27 Isaac has two sons: Jacob and Esau Isaac is planning on giving his blessing to Esau, but he is tricked by his wife and Jacob Isaac ends up accidentally blessing Jacob in verse 29: “Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you.” Jacob and his mom did a…

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Seventeen People have always told me that being seventeen will be the best year of my life. When I was younger it made sense: I would decide what college I was going to; I would be finishing up senior year; life would be great.

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The Wrong Side of the Bed

I think it’s pretty safe to say the side of the bed we roll off every morning doesn’t matter.  Every day we’re all faced with challenges big and small that shape the way our day and our lives will go.  If we choose to let the small things negatively affect how we’re living, we end up blaming the side of the bed we got up on.  But, every morning we have to wake up and decide if we’re going to live…

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Choosing Christ (even when it hurts)

Choosing Christ (even when it hurts)

When we’re on the mountain, it’s so easy to say that God is always with us; that His plan is better than our plan; that we need to place all of our trust in Him because He cares for us. I mean, we have so many verses in the Bible that tell us His ways are greater than our ways. We have so many verses that say He will comfort us at all times; He will never leave us nor forsake us. We have so many…

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A Quick Trip

This school year is crazy. My classes aren’t necessarily too hard, but I’m working on honors college applications, school-specific scholarship applications, outside scholarship applications, applications to (hopefully) be a camp counselor next summer, and random applications for programs coming up. All of this plus swim, plus some volunteering, plus trying to enjoy my senior year, makes for one…

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David & Goliath I’m sure most of you know the story of David and Goliath, but if you have forgotten it, I have written a short summary…

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Summer ’17 Summer has come to close. Well, summer came to a close a while back but due to our posting schedule this is being posted now.

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Goodbyes

*Warning to my mom, this will probably make you cry* Well.  Here I am.  In college. That is one of the weirdest things I’ve ever said and I’ve had to come to terms with it in the past week and a half.  Getting here wasn’t easy. I had to live for 18 years to get ready for this point.  By far the hardest part of those years were the goodbyes and the see-ya-soons I had to say. First. I said goodbye…

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Agua Viva

A few weeks ago our dear friend Sam Brackens reached out to us and asked if he could write about his mission trip to Guatemala. We, of course, said yes! Then it got us thinking. What if we had guest writers every month? So here is the first, of many, guest blog posts. Waking up at 3:00 A.M. is not the most ideal situation for most people, but if you’re about to get on a plane and depart to…

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Senior Year: Let's Go

Senior Year: Let’s Go

July 17th: I’m currently sitting at my computer listening to “There Will Be Time” by Mumford & Sons and waiting for my coffee to cool down. This song always reminds me of my friend Maggie (hey, Maggie), because the first time we ever met she asked me a question I’ve thought about a lot since then. She turned to me and said, “Okay, pretend you have three minutes to live. You can listen to any…

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Memphis on Film

Film cameras are amazing. A few months ago my dad came to me with his old film camera. I was in awe; I wanted to take the camera out right away. So…the film was bought. The shots were shot. The film was developed. Here are some of my faves. Au revoir, Mary Hannah

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One-of-a-Kind

John 1:14  – “The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory, like Father, like Son, Generous inside and out, true from start to finish.”  (MSG) Two Sundays ago my pastor used this verse as a reference during his sermon. The sermon itself was about building a community and relationships with other believers, but part…

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Soul Keeping

I specifically remember looking in the mirror one night in February and thinking to myself, “Dang, I look like death.” My skin was pasty and my under-eye circles were dark. But the worst part was how dull my eyes were. I looked like dead person walking. *Disclaimer: This is not about to be a “woe is me” blog post. Just keep reading.* Carry on. I would say I’m a relatively busy person during the…

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