Do you struggle with turning your feelings into facts or turning your thoughts into truth? While feelings are not facts and thoughts are not always true, girl, anxiety can still feel overwhelmingly real when we're experiencing it. Last month, I endured a series of panic attacks (it had been nearly a decade since I had … Continue reading 3 Ways to Ease Anxiety: A Guest Post
There’s an old saying that goes, “You can’t go home.” Whoever said that was wrong. That person assumed that people could not change. CS Lewis put it this way: “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” I’m going to tell you a story … Continue reading Always: Hope for the Girl Who Left Jesus
James 4:15, “For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.” I say “Lord willing” a lot. So much that when I tell someone, “See you Sunday!” without saying “Lord willing,” I feel the phantom words fidget in my mouth all day. I do this because … Continue reading Disguising My Doubt: A Guest Post
The first commandment in the law of God is this: "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." Later on in Jesus' ministry, He is questioned about what the most important commandment is. Jesus answers, saying, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all … Continue reading 4 Ways to Keep God First
As women, we hurt when the people we love hurt. It's natural for us to care deeply about the pain others are experiencing: we empathize and want to help any way we can. But how do we turn that feeling into something that can actually help the people that are hurting? 1.Pray. Seems obvious, right? But … Continue reading 5 Ways to Help the Hurting
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