CI WRITES: I find it much, much harder to forgive people who have wronged my loved ones than if they had wronged me. What can I do to help myself? Share Your Thoughts in the Comment Section! There are currently 7 Comment(s) Have something else you’d like to discuss? Just submit your question or topic (and any elaboration you’d like to provide) using our Submit Content Page. We look...
I Am Worth More Than What I Look Like
I’ve always been self-conscious about every single aspect of myself. If I had a slight spot on my forehead or if I had a cut on my face I would feel as if everyone saw it, as if it was as noticeable to everyone else as it was to me. Whenever I didn’t feel up to standard, I’d be shy and quiet and not talk to anyone, which impacted so many relationships that I had, and I hated it. Last summer I...
How do you care for your body?
ROSE WRITES: I want to take care of my body. Scripture calls it a temple and makes clear that I am a steward of it. I strive to eat healthy (most of the time) and exercise, but those good endeavors can easily become idols in and of themselves. Furthermore, when you’re living in a sex-saturated culture that trumpets an unrealistic body ideal, how do you avoid harming your body (e.g...
My Hard Thing Was Climbing a Mountain (Literally): Haley’s Story
After reading so many great entries for the Do Hard Things Story Contest, we’ve decided to highlight a story on TheRebelution every week for the rest of the year. Each story emphasizes how Do Hard Things has impacted these rebelutionaries. Today, meet Haley! After reading Do Hard Things for the first time at age 15, I wanted to do something. I prayed and thought hard about something that would...
How can I help a suicidal friend?
SAM WRITES: There have been multiple occasions when dear friends have told me that they are currently struggling with suicidal thoughts. I have many friends who are dealing with depression and sometimes self harm. God has given me several unique opportunities to talk freely with teens who wouldn’t normally open up at such a level. When they do, however, I sometimes don’t know what...
I Am Weak (And That’s My Greatest Strength)
It was rainy season in Malawi, so everywhere our little team of three Americans looked around us seemed to be mud, muddy, or becoming muddy. There were quite a few times I looked around at myself and my two companions, both in their early twenties, and wondered what on earth I was doing in Africa. Honestly, Do Hard Things had played a large piece in why I was in Africa. David Platt’s book Radical...
How would you describe the gospel in 140 characters or less?
COURTNEY WRITES: How would you describe the gospel in 140 characters or less? This question was part of an internship I did this summer. It challenged my understanding of the gospel a lot more than I’d like to admit. Anyway, I’d love to see how you each put the good news. Share Your Thoughts in the Comment Section! There are currently 7 Comment(s) Have something else you’d like...
True Love Is Scary, Radical, And Unconditional
Trust /trəst/ – “assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something” Love is a risky thing. There is no way to love safely, to pour out emotions and hearts and souls into another sinful human being and never come away with a few scrapes and bruises. Yet, after all is said and done and blows have been dealt on either side, I think we as human...
Why do we suffer the consequences of Adam and Eve’s sin?
CLAUDIA WRITES: Why is it that we are separated from Christ because of Adam and Eve? Basically, why is it our fault that they sinned? Share Your Thoughts in the Comment Section! There are currently 7 Comment(s) Have something else you’d like to discuss? Just submit your question or topic (and any elaboration you’d like to provide) using our Submit Content Page. We look forward to...
I Did Hard Things, And I Failed: Isaac’s Story
After reading so many great entries for the Do Hard Things Story Contest, we’ve decided to highlight a story on TheRebelution every week for the rest of the year. Each story emphasizes how Do Hard Things has impacted these rebelutionaries. Today, meet Isaac! When I first read Do Hard Things at 13-years-old, little did I realize the impact it would have on my life. Soon after finishing the book...