Humble your soul, release your spirit
God saw my stifled spirit. He saw my confused soul. He’s teaching me to act on my spirit's YES even when my soul is screaming NO. For then his life can flow.
God saw my stifled spirit. He saw my confused soul. He’s teaching me to act on my spirit's YES even when my soul is screaming NO. For then his life can flow.
Once my heart was undivided, God gave me grace to overcome. Each new year, may we walk in the two blessings that characterized Esther’s and Elijah’s lives!
The only way to walk free from the roles and expectations that abusive systems force upon you is to keep following Jesus as he gets the system out of you.
“Your dad is an enigma,” the heart surgeon said. So true. So tragic. Why had a man people “just loved” spent his life in hiding? Why did he refuse to come out?
Mama’s story ended where it should have begun – with so much lost in the chaos of trying to rewrite the start. And both of us still looking for a parent’s love.
For 50 years I didn’t know: My dream at age 3 profoundly explained and influenced the trauma in my life. Then, I began awakening to the key I’d held all along.
When asked if I wanted to be ordained, I waited on the Lord. I’m still in awe! And I can encourage you: When he calls you to walk on the water to meet him – GO!
I was a “good Christian girl” until well into middle age. Then, God led me where I did not want to go, to show me what I desperately needed to see.
Nine months ago, I did not see renovation in my future. Now, I’m neck deep in refreshing my website. And I’m marveling at God’s renewing work in our lives.
For women who see: I’ve given myself to a church culture that has used me and used me, while profoundly rejecting my personhood, my adulthood, my worth, me.