Simply Sara

A journey of grace, forgiveness, faith and hope!

When I Was Forced to Lie in Green Pastures

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It was a hard December for me, y’all.  I wish I could tell you my faith held strong and didn’t waver.  I found myself questioning God (again) and wanting a different life.  I ended up smack in the middle of a health crisis that wasn’t planned (are they ever?) and was FORCED to give up normal. For about 25 years, I’ve struggled with endometriosis.  I’ve mostly managed the Continue Reading

7 Things I’ll Miss About Corpus Christi

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A little over a week ago, I made the choice to leave the comfortable and familiar, for a new adventure in a familiar area, yet uncomfortable new surroundings (very different from the environments I’ve resided in for the last 15 years).  I cried as I closed my garage door one final time. It was excruciating to leave the comfortable and familiar, even when I knew the Lord’s hand Continue Reading

Why I Keep Going Back to Guatemala

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Has the Lord ever called you to do something CRAZY?  Like get on a plane to a foreign country with a group of strangers, not knowing what you’ll do or where you’ll stay once your feet hit the ground?!  For this Type A, hyper-planning, uber-structured gal, this was a massive risk, and massively uncomfortable.  And I did this very thing, early in 2013. After reading Wrecked by Continue Reading

Controlling My Control Issues

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If you listened to my feature on the Beyond the Rut podcast, you learned I am extremely Type A.  And, unfortunately, being Type A, oftentimes, is synonymous with issues around control.  Organization, effective time management and planning make me VERY happy.   And I LOVE GOOD surprises as much as the next person, but BAD surprises put me into a tailspin. Let me take you back Continue Reading