Fiery, Fierce, and Five Foot-Nothing.

I recently read a few articles regarding Vice President Mike Pence and his decision to not dine alone with any woman who was not his wife. While I did see comments from people defending his decision, I saw more people bashing him for it and it really got me thinking.  When I was a single gal who had just moved to KC to pursue a better life for myself, I made the decision to be completely, utterly, 100% single. I knew that I moved here out of obedience to what God told me to do and given my history, I understood this meant that I would need to set myself apart from any sort of relationships with the opposite sex. While I won't go into a ton of detail about that at this time, I will say this - not having one-on-one contact whether it be face-to-face, through social media or through text message with anybody of the opposite sex (with the exception of pastors, leaders, or family members) was the best decision I ever made. No, I didn't shun guys who tried to talk to me. I was st...

Identity .  What does this word mean? Dictionary.com defines identity as, "the condition of being oneself or itself, and not another."  Our identity is the very core of who we are. It is the makeup of our soul. In order to know our true identity, we must first know where  our identity comes from.  God. He is our Creator. He is the One who knows everything about us because he is the one who breathed us into existence. God is the one who gives us our identity. Let's take a look at a few verses that provide the evidence of our identity in Christ:  So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.  -Genesis 1:27 NLT God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.  -Ephesians 1:5 NLT But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to b...