Hold Me Fast
I agreed to cooperate with this treatment plan and allow Jesus to come into my heart just a little bit. While I was there, I met a girl my age who was fighting leukemia. She had to use a feeding tube just like mine, yet there was a major difference between her thoughts and mine regarding the tube. She welcomed it with immense joy as she knew her body needed the extra calories to fight her cancer. I, on the other hand, resented and despised my tube with all my being seeing it only as a way for my medical team to “make me fat.” But Jesus began to change my heart and mind…
The Story He Knew I Need
The meltdown arrived right on schedule. And right behind it came the voice I know far too well. The one that doesn't miss an opportunity.
You're a horrible person. A horrible pet parent. A horrible neighbor. A horrible wife. How could you lose it like that? Your husband is so disappointed in you. And so is Jesus, especially after what He just spoke to you. You should be ashamed of yourself.
New Every Morning
I don't think God does “New Year”... at least not the world’s concept of it. You see, this is His way, “New Every Morning!”
Every day, every moment, He is saying, “Come, receive whatever you need, accepted, beloved child. I delight in you.”
The Shame Cocoon
Shame is like a smothering cocoon; it seems "safe", and it is not. The only way you can emerge from it is to invite someone else into the space so they can help you break the seal and be transformed.
Child-Like Innocence (A Halloween Memory)
Mary had attended my chair exercise class for many years. One day, my class moved into a room with mirrors across the front wall. I asked the class, “do you like the mirrors?” And Mary chimed that she loves the mirrors, “I like looking at myself”, and as she said those words, my mind raced...
FREEdom Story: "Freedom from Shame"
Guest blogger Marissa shares her FREEdom story, of the transformation she's found moving from shame to victory over her body image challenges, with Jesus alongside her. Are YOU ready to step out of the shame and into the freedom of full recovery?