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Real Talk - Big Picture Prospective

I don't smile because I have to. I smile because it's within me.  People sometimes wonder how I can smile "all the time," after all the things I've gone through in my lifetime. The truth is that I don't smile because I feel I have to fake being happy. It's because it's a part of my personality. I'm always laughing. I seem to find something funny in just about every situation. If you look though any family photo and don't see me laughing so hard I have to catch my breath, know that it was take 500. 😉   The truth is that without my faith I would most likely be bitter a decent amount of the time. But I know that the things that have happened to me aren't without divine purpose. Looking at all these little things & putting them into a "big picture" prospective changes my outlook on life. If I didn't have that, I'd most likely feel miserable.  So, what is it for you that you need to put into a "big pictur

Your Stories : 💎 Linnaya Doctor Reflections from a Lonely Soul

Last week, September 9-12, I traveled to Nashville Tennessee for the first time with the Worship Arts department at Grace College where I study. We were attending the Sing Conference lead by Keith and Kristen Getty. It was a great couple of days, but also very hard. I learned a lot about worship and using the Psalms in our individual and congregational worship. I was also reminded that God holds me fast, and will never leave. That was a comforting thought especially since the week previous I had broken up with my boyfriend and felt like my friends had started to act differently around me. When we got back to campus, college life continued as normal, but internally I didn’t feel normal or ok. You know those times where you just have a mass of emotions that grows in your chest? And then you watch a movie you’ve seen a hundred times, but this one time the struggle between friends or the separation of a couple knocks you off your feet and you lose control of your emotions? Yep. That was

Interview - Cristabelle Braden

Brain injury survivor Cristabelle Braden talks hop, inspiration, & everyday life!  About Cristabelle After my brain injury I basically had to re-learn almost everything - taking a shower, getting myself dressed, dealing with short-term memory loss, muscle atrophy, losing my vocabulary & conversation skills..    just to name a few. Honestly the only thing that kept me going was my faith in God, reminding myself that He has a plan, He loves me, and that He’s working even when I can’t see it. And now, He has healed me beyond any doctors or anyone’s expectations! They didn’t think I’d even be able to finish high school, but now I’ve graduated college! So when I have tough days I just remind myself that God is truly a God of miracles… that He is my strength, I can depend on Him in all of my weakest moments. What got you started in music? I’ve been singing since I was a little kid, but I started writing music after my brain injury! It was through the recovery time wh

Pain Has a Purpose

Sitting here in my room trying to write an impromptu blog post for today. I wasn't sure what I was going to write about, but then I remembered the last 8 months.  The last 8 months were some of the most trying in my life. I wondered why this was happening to me. I wondered why now? I wondered why this? This January, I started having ear issues. It started out as a simple pain then turned into something much worse. I had vertigo; we thought it was because of allergies or something of that nature. Then, I got an ear infection. The infection went away and we thought the pain would too. But it didn't. I went back to an ENT Who suggested that since my hearing was perfect and there seemed to be nothing wrong with my ears themselves, it was probably because I needed my wisdom teeth removed.  After getting this news, it took several months to get to the right doctor to get it done. During the time my ear pain first started, I was in the middle of 8 week college courses. I