This world is beautiful, complex, interesting, dangerous, wonderful, broken.... Life never looks like one beautiful social media reel. It is messy then orderly then chaotic then boring then happy then lonely then peaceful then harmful.... Our expectations of how our lives should look and be are a shackle that holds

I was foolish. I was searching for worth, value, love, and success in the wrong people, places, and things. > James 3:17 [https://classic.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James+3:17&version=CJB] But the wisdom from above is, first of all, pure, then peaceful, kind, open to

The world's way is like a powerful undertow pulling us under into depression and dysfunction. I never knew how far into the undertow I was until one shame-filled, embarrassing moment that brought me to the beginning of my healing journey. The world's ways are subtly imprinted

Do you feel strong? Most women I speak with think that strength, confidence, courage, an outgoing personality is something people are born with. I used to think the same thing. I now know that anything can be learned and grown into our minds and hearts. God longs to strengthen us

I love that our God seeks to bind up our wounds and help us heal. His mercy is great and His wisdom beyond all telling. How amazing is our God! Our life journey here is just that--a journey. There is no other side of complete and finished, perfectly polished--until we