The Browning Tribune

Happy Mother's Day!! It is Mother's Day and yesterday I was thinking about how amazing my mom is. She is beautiful, strong, independent, and loving. She deserves the world.  As a single mom she is even more amazing. She loves my brother and I enough for two parents. This woman is my super hero because she has taken care of us all on her own. I don't know how she does it, but she always makes it work.  She gives us everything she can. She even goes out of her way to sacrifice for us. My mom is strong and brave.  My mom loves me with a love like none other. My moms love helps me understand just how much God really loves me. There are times when the only love I know is the love of God and my mom. If my mom's love overflows the way it does, what does God's love look like? My mom is there when I call her freaking out over a big exam. She even answers into the late hours of the night and early hours of the morning to help me sort through the struggles i...

The other day I was on the foot bridge in Missoula. I realized that there were lots of locks on the bridge. I thought about how every lock has a story. Then my friend said she wanted to be proposed to on that bridge. I thought this was a cute idea. Then I started thinking about the love I have for Jesus and how much he loves me. I love HIM and HE loves me. He has loved me since the day I was born and he pursues me everyday. I have an on going relationship with Jesus.  I decided to put a lock on the bridge to show that relationship I have with Jesus. Then I realized I could send a message with that lock to encourage someone. I wrote "Jesus loves me and you" on the lock. Then I attached the lock to the bridge and threw the key into the river.  Whether you are reading this dreaming of a relationship or in a committed relationship, I want to remind you that Jesus loves you. He is seeking a relationship with you today. Jesus' relationship with us deserves to ...

Let me start by saying, God is making beauty from the ashes because that is the nature of his character. Satin has tried to throw some curve balls at me, but God has caught them.  The Devil has tried to define my year with depression, anxiety, and over all emotional exhaustion, but he didn't win. I have been through domestic violence, loss of friendship, a car crash, and more. Yes, I have been through hard times, but somehow through the hardship God has always pulled me back to him. My prayer journal this year has been filled with me crying out to God to help me and get me through the mess. I may have had a hard time walking the Christian walk, but I have never took my eyes off Jesus. I am not talking about my faith like this to brag, but to show that even though I am a mess Jesus has never gave up on me. He has been through this broken road with me.  "Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,   whenever you face trials of many kinds,   because you...