All The More: Collective Blog - Author Melanie Badyna

God thinks highly of you

February 16, 2018 Melanie Badyna 3 min read

Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him. It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 1:26-31

How do we remain faithful to God in the mundaneness of each day?

July 21, 2017 Melanie Badyna 3 min read

When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” He answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.” Jesus asked a second time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus told him, “Shepherd My sheep.” Jesus asked a third time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was deeply hurt that Jesus had asked him a third time, “Do you love Me?” “Lord, You know all things;” he replied, “You know I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.” (John 21:15-17, emphasis added)

The Weight of Sin

May 26, 2017 Melanie Badyna 3 min read

He looked at me with glassy eyes. As if it had taken him away from me. As if it stripped him of anything that made him human. He laid back down and began to breathe deeply and quickly as if the room was depleted of air. He didn’t respond before, but the light had left his eyes now. Then a shiver came, then a shake, then came the tempest. His chest raised as if his spirit was being violently removed from his body. Body and spirit so tightly interwoven that the lift of his chest revealed his body’s resistance to his spirit stretching towards heaven without it. In all this breath…. and shake… and groaning… he never appeared to me less alive. Then the question: “What have I done?”

How do I make a difference?

February 3, 2017 Melanie Badyna 4 min read

“This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all. The hearts of people, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live, and afterward they join the dead.” (Ecclesiastes 9:3, emphasis added)

What happens if I radically love everyone?

September 30, 2016 Melanie Badyna 3 min read

If you have not read my bio yet, then you probably don’t know much about me. That’s okay, but what you do need to know for this post is that I am a 23-year-old woman working with teenage refugee boys at Bethany Christian Services. I’d like to share with you what I have learned about humility, serving, and more specifically humbly serving the undeserving.

i·den·ti·ty ˌīˈden(t)ədē/

August 19, 2016 Melanie Badyna 3 min read

i·den·ti·tyˌīˈden(t)ədē/ noun 1. THE WORLD’S DEFINITION: The sum total of your actions, thoughts, behaviors, appearance. 2. GOD’S DEFINITION: The sum total of Christ’s actions, thoughts, behaviors, and appearance. We live in a world that is crying out in an identity crisis. Every day we hear new terminology to define ourselves.