I think in black & white. This often makes things like life difficult. Some people think in gray, but that’s not my nature. My nature is to see a topic and think there are only two ways of looking at it, and those two ways are often complete opposites. This is usually seen most in my relationship with Jesus. He calls us to die to ourselves and follow Him (Matthew 16:24). Okay, that makes sense. I should be willing to give up everything to follow Jesus because He gave up everything for me. But my black/white mentality tells me that I either have to be a nun in an abbey…

Whether we mean to or not – or like it or not – we all have labels. Some that we give ourselves, some given by others. Nouns, adjectives, verbs -all meant to describe us, meant to tell part of our story. These tend to change over time due to circumstances, growth, and change, some in our control, some out of it. Some will always be the same. Mine have certainly changed over the years and have probably changed the most since I was last on this blog. I am Kelry Mann – Jesus-follower, woman, wife, daughter, sister, friend, employee. Overthinker of everything, hard-worker, slight perfectionist, organized, conservative. I love Disney…

A few weeks ago, I met with a mentor of mine at my favorite little local coffee shop when she asked me what she could pray for. I told her that I was ready for God to do something HUGE in my life. I asked her to boldly pray that God would teach me something radical that I needed to learn. The next week, I was shaken. My prayer had been answered. I want to share a quote with you that I found on Instagram. I was mindlessly scrolling through my stories around 10:30pm one night (as we often do), not expecting to find anything that would actually catch my…

Something I have learned this year is the importance of self-discovery – learning who you are, who you are made to become, and loving yourself through that. By learning who I am, I have learned some other valuable lessons as well. I have grown to believe that this is not only a good practice in our daily lives but also a spiritual discipline. Learning about myself has allowed me to learn how the Lord has created me and to be able to connect with Him on a deeper level. A few things have helped me to learn who I am. These include: Knowing valuable women who love me to pieces…

It’s actually been what seems like a lifetime since I have even been on this blog. It crosses my mind every once in a while but honestly doesn’t stick around too much. College is hard, y’all – emotionally, physically, spiritually, and educationally. It is honestly hard to slow down and just write, especially when I’d almost rather be watching Netflix when I have a moment to breathe and relax. So much has changed in my life. I’m halfway through college already (WHAT). I’ve been through many friends, guys, campus ministries, and Netflix binges. I’ve learned a lot, and I thought I would just write about a few things I’ve learned.…

Wow, life has been so busy for the last several months – so much so that I have not had time to really even think about my blog, and I miss it dearly. I wanted to share with you a few things that I’ve learned during my first semester of college. I was just going to put it all in one post, but there are way to many important things that a singular post would be too limited and way too long. So for this one, I want to start with some things I’ve learned about guys and God’s plan for me regarding that area of my life. Going into college,…

Guys, Satan knows. He knows exactly when you are at your weakest and at your strongest. He knows when you are closest to God and attacks even harder then. He knows when you are doing things for God’s kingdom and following His will, which he so despises. This is something I’ve felt so much over the last few days, weeks, and even months. He knows that I am trying to find my confidence in God alone. He knows that I am trying to falling in love with Christ more and more each day. He doesn’t like this at all. I have to be honest with you guys. Even though I’ve experienced…

Yup. The title says it all. I believe I am a completely different person from the time you last heard from me on here. However, I’ve been thinking about this blog all summer. I honestly didn’t know what to do with it anymore. At the start of the summer, writer’s block was taking a big hit. I just couldn’t think of anything to write about, and I wanted everything I wrote to be absolutely perfect. As the summer went along, God changed me more and more into who He destined for me to be, but we’ll get to that whole story later. The more I changed, the more this blog…