Author: Angela Perritt

Seeking Beauty That Lasts

I spent the summer after my freshman year in college working at a Young Life camp nestled in the mountains of Colorado. The fresh, mountain air was a healing balm to my hurting soul. I had been struggling with an eating disorder for years and just couldn’t seem to stop

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Rising Above The Pain

Recently, I’ve been seeing a lot of women walk through incredible pain. Friends whom I have the blessing of knowing, online acquaintances, and women I’ve never met all sharing their stories of pain. Each situation is different. Each story heartbreaking. Not one story is alike and yet they all have

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Week 4- My Life Is Not About Me

It was one of those calls that you just don’t want to get. My day, though busy, was pretty routine…until I received the phone call. I saw her name pop up on my phone as I was working in my car, waiting to pick up one of my daughters from

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Never Too Old. Never Too Young.

Some weeks ago, I attended a funeral that really moved me. A 93-year-old lady went to Heaven, and we accompanied her family as they are close friends of ours. During the whole service, there were people speaking about this woman, who was a faithful Christian, and her many years of

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Never Defenseless

The lies began to fill my head the moment my toes touched the sand. You know you don’t look that good in your swimming suit this year. Those extra pounds you’ve gained since last summer are really starting to show. Don’t you know your value is in your appearance? Your

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Peace and Grace

This second letter to the Thessalonians ends using the same words Paul used to start it: Peace and Grace. Words used to encourage these believers enduring both persecution and tribulation. And what beautiful words to finish our study today! Peace and Grace to you, dear friend. After these six weeks

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God Chose YOU!

God chose you… Let that truth sink deep into your heart. I don’t know what this past week has held for you. Maybe you’ve been passed over for a promotion…yet again. Maybe you were served divorce papers you didn’t see coming. Maybe you keep seeing pictures of friends getting together

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Making The Difference In The World

Our beloved Thessalonians were facing such hard trials and persecution they thought they were living the day of the Lord, the time of the tribulation. Paul sends them this second letter to calm their hearts and remind them that the day of the Lord wouldn´t come until certain events had

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The Hope of Christ’s Return

The Thessalonian church was growing in faith and increasing in love for one another (2 Thess. 1:3). If I asked you, you probably would say faith and love are two areas in which you want to grow. But growing has a price not many of us are willing to pay.

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Predicting vs. Preparing

As I sat down to gather information for today’s blog post on the return of Christ, I noticed that the date, April 23, 2018, was the most recently forecasted date for the end of the world.  As I sipped on my coffee and watched the birds play in the gentle

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