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Identity
Attending to the Healing Within
People who’ve seen me for soul care over the years know that I sometimes begin a session with a simple question: “Where do you find yourself today?”...
Remain in His Love
Beloved, Worthy Daughter Out of all the titles you may have—mother, wife, entrepreneur, pastor, teacher—the most important title you’ll ever wear is...
I Am Weak, but Thou’ Art Strong
I want to be a strong woman. I want to be strong for my husband, my family, and my friends. I want to be unshakable in times of trials. I want my...
God’s Design Over My Desire
There’s this line I heard in a message once that said, “His design over my desire”. I found it pretty powerful because I don’t think many of us...
Why (and How) I Got Social Media Sober
Pull up a chair, friend. This might get worse before it gets better. Let’s be honest for a sec. How are you feeling about this online world? This...
You Don’t Have to Hide in Shame
Not that long ago, my life looked anything but godly. I spent my college years like a walking stereotype: the semi-goody-two-shoes Christian girl...
My Identity, Your Glory
I recently took my family on a vacation to New York City. When I think of the term vacation, I picture white sand beaches, sunshine, a book, and...
Truth or Toxic Thoughts?
Many times, there are things underneath the surface that keep us from having a thriving relationship. These can be the effects of a past breakup,...
Who Am I?
One of the very first times I remember questioning my identity was when I was only five years old. My childhood best friend and I lived in the same...
Arise and Shine
When you think about Christmas, what are some of the things you think of first? I am taking a guess here, but odds are you think about Jesus,...
Purpose > Insecurity
Have you ever doubted or questioned the calling, purpose, or instruction God has given you? Have you ever felt crippled by insecurity, uncertainty,...
The Weight of Perfection
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let...
Say I Won’t
I knew I was going to have to fight hard to figure out what God had planned for me from the day He first started to “knit me together in my mother’s...
At Your Side… All the Way Home
For all the busyness that marks modern life, we seem to be living in days when people don’t actually know where they’re going. Aimless—lacking...
God Never Gives Up On You
I have had my own occasions in which I’ve wrestled with God. Seems we all could account for a divine wrestling match. One of the most dramatic...
The Lies We Tell Ourselves
I remember the moment clearly. I was eight years old, crying under a pinball machine in my friend Kayla’s basement. As I heard her coming down the...
Embrace Your Brokenness
Which woman in the Bible do you most identify with? If I’m being totally honest—which I am because we’re friends here, and that’s what friends do—I...
Finding Freedom from What’s Holding You Back
Have you ever found yourself in a place where you didn’t think it was possible for you to get any more confused? It makes you feel stuck, doesn’t...
Freedom in Christ
I’ve been doing my best to walk closely with the Lord for about ten years now. After identifying as a Christian for most of my life and being a...
Jesus, Are You There?
There I was, sitting in the middle of my one bedroom apartment completely overwhelmed. My heart was racing, the tears were flowing and I had never...
You Are Not Behind
If You Feel Behind, Read This… It was a typical Tuesday-night get-together with three of my closest friends. Every week, we meet to we catch up on...
Lie Detection
Have you ever heard someone say you should wait thirty minutes after a meal to go swimming? Or that shaving your hair makes it grow back thicker?...
Identity
Don’t believe the lies of the world. We are CHOSEN, ROYAL, and HOLY in His sight.
Beautifully Intentional
You need to accept that no matter how many days you perfectly complete that checklist it’s never going to fulfill the desire inside to feel beautiful. You have to dive into what the Lord says about you.
God’s Beauty
All these things have worked together to create an arbitrary definition of beauty. But God’s definition of beauty is resolute.
Loving the Skin You’re In
I am also seeing that beauty truly is in accepting the scars, in character, in the humility of freely being you, and in loving others well.