Broken. Abused. Used. Where do I begin... After my last blog (view here) women have reached out to me. They've told me pieces of their stories and poured out their hearts. It wasn't something I expected, but I am thankful for their honesty. I'm thankful for their trust, and I hope I can continue to [...]
Author: girloutofthebox
I am a writer, photographer, and mom of four. I've decided to take up writing, mostly on cultural issues, because I'm done being the silent majority. It's time for people like me in the Christian community to stand up and speak up.
The Diminished Woman of an Enlightened Society
I may be a little more vulgar than normal in this piece today, and I apologize if this is TMI about my own sex life, but I feel like it needs to be said. I've dwelled on it for weeks and watched as men devalue women. Even women diminishing their own worth. My frustration with [...]
What is Love?
I get most of my ideas to write from life experiences, and this one was no different. My son asked me the other day what love was. "What is love?" We rarely sit and think about the answer because it is difficult to put into words sometimes. We hear, "all you need is love," "love [...]
Sin is Sin is it Not?
There is a pervasive lie in our culture, especially in the Christian culture, that says, "sin is sin." The inference quite simply being that we all do it daily, all sin is equal, and it is no big deal. We tell people who have made habits of sin that we are no better because we [...]
An Open Letter to Planned Parenthood Supporters
Dear Planned Parenthood Supporter, There were many of you at the recent "Women's March" in D.C. and around the United States. We saw you come out in support of women's reproductive rights, abortion, STD screenings, and a woman's overall right to "choose." Many of you are now upset that President Donald Trump has signed an executive [...]
Evil
Turn on the news and it will be undeniable that evil exists. Talk to people and hear their stories. We've mostly all been touched by some form of evil; at least have seen evil in the lives of those close to us. Some evil is unspeakable. We don't know exactly how to cope with some [...]
Beauty
They say "beauty is in the eye of the beholder," but I would like to challenge this statement and say that true beauty is actually very universal. It is universal in that most all people can see or recognize beauty that springs from the inside out. I've often marveled at the sight of a child [...]
Starbucks
I fully realize the recent Starbucks "Christmas" controversy is Internet contrived (and Christians aren't really up in arms about it), BUT I had to put my two cents in anyway--just in case anyone thought there was a war on Christmas going on at Starbucks.
Practicing Faith–My test.
Of course when you post a blog about something such as Faith God is going to test what you wrote right? Well that is the way it seems to happen to me. This blog post is just my thoughts as I work through them. Dad is in surgery right now. The day after I wrote [...]
Faith
Faith is very tangible to me. It is something I count as a gift which isn't too far fetched considering Ephesians 2:8, "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--."This gift has brought me through life. I can't say I've lived [...]
