The Browning Tribune

It is Thursday, also known as Friday Eve. If you are anything like me this week has been crazy and you have been all over the place. I have tried my brain with some mind boggling homework, ran errands all over the place, attempted to clean my house, ended up in the emergency room with no answers, and gave up Instagram for over 24 hours. Yes, you read that right. I deleted my personal Instagram account for over 24 hours. I was up late Saturday night into Sunday morning. I had came across a blog of a girl who was writing about how she wanted to be married. If you read my  post from a couple weeks ago  you already know how I feel about this. One line got me and it goes a little like, "I am 20 and I read my Bible more than I look at social media." I thought about that for a second. For me personally it goes a little like this, "I am 20 and I click the Instagram app more than I open my Bible or pray." That really convicted me. I sat up turned on my light and grabbed...

"The grass withers and the flowers  fall,      but the word  of our God endures  forever." Isaiah 40:8 Happy first day of fall y'all! You know what that means? The leaves begin to fall and the comforting smells fill the air. This also means the flowers of summer begin to disappear.  Just like there are seasons in the weather there are seasons of life. I have just entered a new season of my life. A season unlike anything before. A season I have been praying about for three years. This is a great reminder that nothing lasts forever.  I am entering into a new season filled with community, love, and joy. I am surrounded by people who lift me up in prayer and love me. I am surrounded by people who remind me to dig deeper into what the Lord has for me. I know this season might not always be as perfect as it is now, but there is one thing that never changes.  God's truth never changes. HE is never chan...

Hey Girl, It's me, the girl just like you. I understand your feelings completely. Everywhere I look I see someone I know finding love. All I have to do is scroll through my Facebook news feed and I see relationships changing left and right. It seems that right now is the time for people my age to be engaged. Oh, I can't forget my Instagram feed, where I see pictures of hashtag relationship goals every time I open the app. It seems like almost everyone I know is in a relationship, or at least talking to someone, except me. Don't get me wrong it is not that I don't want to find love, it just hasn't happened yet. I feel like every time I tell someone I am twenty years old and have never been in a real relationship, they look at me like something is wrong. I feel like the people I am close to in life are not so patiently waiting for me to get a boyfriend. This would be easy for me to blow off if it wasn't a huge desire of my heart. Every time a cute song abo...

“Look at the nations and watch—      and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days      that you would not believe,      even if you were told." Habakkuk 1:5 There is a beautiful organization out there called Young Life and three years ago today is the day that I began my journey in it. I did not always think YL was as cool as I do now. In high school I went to youth group and some people in my youth group looked down on Young Life so I also made the assumption that it was for the pretend Christian. The rumor was that it was for the "I party, but my parents don't know' kid. Going into my senior year I spent some time on a Young Life camp property, where I met some really cool people who were involved in Young Life. I wanted to try it, but I was told not to go. I am so glad I went behind everyones back and did because I fell so in love with Young Life. I remember my first club like it was yester...

"As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another." Proverbs 27:17 When I came into college I was a hot mess. I had no idea what I wanted. As I began to meet people and understand college culture, I realized I had a strong desire for Christian community.  One night I was alone in my dorm room sad that I didn't have anyone to hangout with. I decided to make a prayer wall in my dorm room. One of the first things I put up was asking God to send me friends who had a desire to grow closer to HIM the way I did. I wanted friends who had a deep personal relationship with Jesus.  I have prayed and journaled about this for so long. On March 7, 2017 Leah Hiebert messaged the UMW Young Life page asking what Young Life was all about. I quickly responded back giving her my contact information so if she had any questions she could ask me. On March 15, 2017 she texted me asking some questions. Then five days later she came to visit Dillon. I invited her to hangout w...