faith

  • Resolute in my resolutions

    I hate new year’s resolutions; I can’t be the only one, right? It is so easy for people to give up after the first month if we do not stick to them. January 1st rolls around, and we choose things such as losing weight, reading more, having patience, or being more organized. Whatever your resolution… Continue reading

  • Confession Time

    Have you ever tried to change as a person? Like really desired to change your negative, deep rooted, angsty pieces of yourself that are too ugly to love? This is going to be a post where I pour out my ugly because I am on a roll about being honest with y’all. (Please don’t unfollow… Continue reading

  • Nailing it at Failing it!

    I think I should be able to do it all. End of story, if I think it, I believe I can do it. There is nothing more overwhelming then seeing something and being like “oh yeah, I am going to pour some of myself into that”. For most people, that isn’t a problem, unless you… Continue reading

  • Bible Study

    I am in a Bible study! That’s a major achievement because I am a socially awkward human being who needs a ton of reassurance. Honestly, I talk way too much when I am nervous (every single week I am nervous). The women in my study are wise and have multiple years on me when it… Continue reading

  • Opportunity Knocks

    I like the idea of changing. I have read so many books on how to improve areas of my life and I implement these changes as I see fit. The key phrase being IF I see fit. When you want to change in your own power, read a self-help book. If you want to change… Continue reading

  • Take it up with the Complaint Department

    A post I wrote almost two weeks ago stated I was doing a fast from complaining. This meant I was going to turn my frustrations over to God and leave them with him. I was going to find the positive in all things, and I was going to do everything with a cheerful heart. That… Continue reading

  • Not So Fast?

    Did you know there is more than just one type of fast? When I became a Christian, I was always afraid of what a food fast meant. I thought I would have to be like Jesus and go without eating for 40 days. Although I could easily go 40 days without food, thank you, gastroparesis,… Continue reading

  • Three to Five Business Days

    I am fairly petty at times. It’s not something I’m proud of, but it’s a part of me that is being worked on. I always tell my mother in love that I am not sorry about something, but I might be in three to five business days. This comes from my desire not to admit… Continue reading

  • Giving It All

    I like to think I give everything I have to God. I sometimes think that I give God all the best of me, but never the worst. I give him my praise, love, prayer, reverence, and honor. But… I never give him my brokenness. I hide parts of myself from God and try to fix… Continue reading

  • I’d rather not

    Have you ever had something or someone placed on your heart by God? For example, there’s a person that has hurt you, and God wants you to forgive? Maybe God wants you to pray for them. But you don’t want to? My first thought in this situation is that I’d rather not. I have argued… Continue reading

  • Growing Pains

    I wasn’t always the best person at times. I could be selfish, I always wanted to be right, and I had a hard time admitting when I was part of the problem. I wanted to refuse to grow. I felt like everything was the problem of someone else. I thought that I was in the… Continue reading

  • Why Not Me?

    Content note: This post includes discussion of infertility. Have you ever had the same prayer as another person in your life and theirs was answered, but yours wasn’t? Well, it wasn’t that your prayer wasn’t answered, but you received a not yet, and theirs was yes? It’s painful. It’s hard not to be jealous when… Continue reading

Anchored Where We Grow

Faith, marriage, family, and military life—rooted in grace and grounded in real life.

I’m Sharon Kozak: Christian wife, mom, military spouse, marriage educator and coach, advocate, and Marriage & Family Therapy student.

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