Author Archives: Sara Vasile

Many of us have that “one thing” that we refuse to give up. We justify our sin or weakness with many excuses and feel uncomfortable when others try to poke holes in our defenses. Or maybe we want to give it up, but feel powerless to it. We all have something, or have had something like that at one point in our lives. I can think of many things in my own life. On St. Patrick’s Day, I found myself thinking a lot about the culture that we live in. I woke up that morning, remembering how people used

One morning last week, I spilled coffee on my skirt. This is a typical thing for me. I am often clumsy – so much so that someone has actually asked me to pray for them every time I spill my drinks. This particular day however, I didn’t notice the stain until after I had already left the house, so I spent the entire day in a skirt stained with coffee – front and center. Embarrassing. I noticed that as I went through the day I kept telling everyone about my coffee stain, thinking, “If I just

I was running today – huffing and puffing up and down hills, past people and their dogs, with a dry mouth, looking awkward and wishing that I still lived in Florida where I could run on flat ground. I don’t run because I’m great at it. It takes me about eleven minutes to run a mile. I mostly run because I love it. I love the feeling of having accomplished something. I love the feeling of running downhill after I just spent ages struggling uphill. I love the days when my body feels great, and

As a human being, I am used to striving for things, accomplishing things, and getting things done. It’s part of our lives in the world. I loved being in college and working hard. I miss writing papers. I like “To Do” lists, and feeling as if I have accomplished something at the end of the day. It sometimes feels as if good grades, a bunch of check marks on a list, or a full schedule can be like physical, tangible evidence of my self-worth. This becomes a problem for me when it comes to God’s