I see the blog posts all the time. Girls sighing, squealing, gushing. They’re oohing and ahhing. I feel like such a pessimist. Why does refraining to post about love on my blog make me feel so very different? Why do I feel like I’m so against the norm? Instead of romantic dreams, I choose to post…
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About: Cassandra Rhoden
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- http://cassandrarhoden.com/
- Cassandra (or Cassie, as she is better known) is a seventeen-year-old girl who is blessed to have been set-apart by Jesus Christ. The oldest of five children, Cassandra enjoys studying literature, music, politics, foreign culture, and theology among other things as she pursues her college degree in Humanities from home. Currently, she writes at her blog when she gets a break from homeschool assignments and helping with her siblings.
Author Archives: Cassandra Rhoden
“Be Yourself”… Or Not
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. -Philippians 1:21 A major facet of the modern teen culture is the idea of finding your personal identity. According to Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development, between the ages of 12 to 18, adolescents reach stage number five. The stage of Identity…
The Real World
I’ve always been a girl who loves, books, adventures, stories, fantasies, and other worlds. Why would I want to live in reality when my make-believe worlds are much more interesting? Who would want the real world when Middle Earth, Narnia, Wonderland, and Neverland are all out there in our imaginations? Isn’t it natural for a girl to…
The Road Less Traveled
Have you ever found a metaphor for your life that just seems to fit? A metaphor so perfect that you feel a sense of peace? That someone understands? This is how I feel when I read The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. I love the poetry of Robert Frost for many reasons. First off,…
Why Does God Allow the Righteous to Suffer?
As Christians. we serve a loving God. Yet a life of service does not always equate a life of ease in return. When we chose to follow Christ, we chose a life of hardships and suffering. Yet we also chose a life of everlasting love. Righteous people face immense hardships. Everyday, people who are walking…
Unconditional Love – Everlasting Joy
Over the past month, I had been feeling melancholy and depressed. I had been upset and unsatisfied. I had not been finding joy in my family or God’s plan for it. I am nearly sixteen years old: the eldest of five children. The youngest is two and the latest is a fourteen-year-old girl whom my…
Singing My Love Song to God
If you are like me and most young adults today, you probably love music. Personally, I know that I always try to keep my precious iPod close-at-hand and I listen to it whenever I get the chance. Now, in my family the rule is that iPods cannot be listened to if there is someone else…
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