Have you ever felt like you were just holding your breath, waiting to beat out the clock? Motherhood has hit me in many waves. We race. We hold our breath, but eventually we break the surface and swim our own channels.
What kind of Christian are you? Are you a nurturer and protector, or a cannibal of your fellow man, and fellow followers in Christ?
The third thing I did was create new habits to encourage healthy self-talk and practice self-love. [Tweet “If we’re honest, we have dozens of lousy habits, reinforcing our negative self-image. “] Many of these are second nature, we are nearly unaware of them. There comes a time when we must be intentional. Breaking out of…
The second thing I did to Shatter My Negative Body Image was to remove the things that made me feel like I would never measure up You know your triggers. What is destroying your self worth? For me, one thing that would leave me feeling hopelessly inadequate was watching every skinny, beautiful actress in movies. They…
How Borrowing Someone Else’s Words About My Value Helped Shape My New Body Image Funny story, yesterday I went shopping for jeans, right in the middle of this article. Talk about getting checked to see if you are practicing what you are preaching. I have made a lot of progress. Most notably revealed by the…
The Holy Spirit helps us by keeping us from wearing an identity that does not belong to us because He knows exactly who God created us to be.
I have a great group of ladies in my life. I recommend every woman get a small group of spiritually powerful women to encourage and inspire them. We are all so different. We have different goals and life backdrops going on but when we all show up at the same time on a given Friday morning…
Often when we are faced with conflict, how we respond can effect our lives forever. Do you hope that if you let things die down, things can be sorted out later. I can attest to living by that very idea. But in reality the best time to resolve conflict is in the immediate. Can you…
I am a writer, I like being heard. Most people do. As a writer and a long time people pleaser, I love when people say “good job” or tell me an article was inspiring. If we are honest we all want to be great at what we do. It’s the end goal for most of…
My ugly brown boots prepared my hear to be grateful for what I have. They also taught me not let frustration convince me to throw out what I should be thankful for.
As a kid my hand never slipped over the edge of the bed. To do so was certain death. In the darkness of my room, there were monsters. During the day, I knew under the bed was too full of dirty clothes to even fit a monster, but in the dark uncertainty meant danger. Are you…
Don’t wait until you are crumbling to built a support network of people in you life. Start giving your keys to good trustworthy friends. The kind who will redecorate your life and leave goodies in your fridge.
Do you want to increase the level of gratitude in your home, marriage and relationships? In the previous post we talked about the terrible cost of ingratitude and how it effects our lives. I asked readers to identify if they were living with the effects of ingratitude? Is it yourself that tends to respond negatively to…
What set David apart from Saul as a King. I have been studying the life of David for a few months now. We have been doing a lot of reading and discussion in Sunday school class, but the truth came late one night as I was going to sleep, as all divine revelations and check…
My husbands Father and and Mother divorced when he was just a year old, though his Dad remained a part of his life, the passing of skills that normally happens in the garage was interrupted by distance. At 10, I acquired a Dad by marriage. The poor guy was 26 with a new wife, a teenager,…