Author Archives: samanthamelodyu

It’s been a week since I left for my last Unity Retreat, and though I’ve e-mailed certain beloved alumni (yes, consider yourselves special!) about the retreat, most of it was still just recounting the events that took place. I think there’s something I want to say about the entire retreat in general that would sumContinueContinue reading “Unity”

As much as we all hate to admit it, no one likes failures. And boy did I create not one, not two, but THREE EPIC FAILS, all simultaneously. Long story short, I had forgotten to add sugar to the three cheesecakes I was making for the church bake sale tomorrow afternoon. It had totally slipped myContinueContinue reading “Failure”

I think I’ve always pitied myself because I made it look like people leave me alone by myself to do things on my own. I suppose to a certain extent that is true, but I am now starting to realize that perhaps the fact isn’t that others left me first. I am someone who isContinueContinue reading “Change”

First of all, what the heck am I doing up at 2AM on a Sabbath morning? Some things about myself, I will never understand. Here’s why I don’t have the time to read my devos. Lately I’ve been picturing an image in my head of where we are able to take a snapshot of theContinueContinue reading “Count Your Blessings”

I ask myself that question almost every single day, and with everything that I do. At the end of the day, do my works satisfy what’s really in my heart? I’m a pretty busy person, and I’ve known this for a while. Whether I intentionally make it so, I will never really know. My firstContinueContinue reading “Is this all worth it?”

According to my 2011 resolution list, I was supposed to make my 18th a meaningful one. I think I was just desperately trying to fill in the 25 spaces, because the week has come and gone and nothing seems to have changed except for the fact that I now have to care about politics. I’mContinueContinue reading “Week of the 18th”

Most people who have spend sufficient time talking with me will know what I think about love&relationships at this point. It’s pretty clear to me that I am somewhat cynical when it comes to that subject. Whether it’s from the experiences I watch my friends torture themselves through, or my conservative Christian self speaking, orContinueContinue reading “Void”

At the beginning of the year when we first sat down to write this year’s vision, I wondered what God had in store for our new leadership, and how much they would actually commit to this whole “fixing up the inside” thing. Spiritually speaking, I’m not entirely sure where we all are. But I haveContinueContinue reading “The Inside”

There are moments when God gives me His eyes to see the world, and as much as it has been a blessing, it’s also made me hurt for God more. I don’t understand why He chooses to let me see these things, because I can’t really seem to do much in response. I defy myContinueContinue reading “No one else knows my heart like You do”

Dear God, I feel like I haven’t spent as much time as I should have really just sitting in Your presence, and I’m to blame for that. It seems that the only time I remember to “pray” is when I’m left alone with my thoughts in the shower. There has been so many things onContinueContinue reading “EMP”