I’ve come to an understanding that loving yourself looks very different from pampering yourself and a deep focus on what makes you happy alone. I find that loving yourself has less to do with what makes you happy than what makes you whole. Loving yourself is the process of evolving and growing as a person,…
Category: Freedom Manual
The God Who Sees Me
Isaiah 40:28-31 28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. 29 He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. 30 Even…
Death to Disappointment
Proverbs 3:5-6 Amplified Bible 5 Trust in and rely confidently on the Lord with all your heart and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. 6 [a]In all your ways know and acknowledge and recognize Him, And He will make your paths straight and smooth [removing obstacles that block your way]. The beginning…
Reckless Love
Oh the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God Oh, it chases me down, fights ’til I’m found, leaves the ninety-nine I couldn’t earn it I don’t deserve it Still You give yourself away Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God The past few months have been a journey of God unearthing the root of all…
My First Love
Psalm 63:1-8 1 O God, You are my God; with deepest longing, I will seek You; My [a]soul [my life, my very self] thirsts for You, my flesh longs and sighs for You, In a dry and weary land where there is no water. 2 So I have gazed upon You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your…
My story, as told by me…
I want to thank my parents for being such a blessing to me and always loving me through the mess. They have been my support system and have encouraged me especially with the walking through of the trauma of the abuse I experienced. I also want to thank every single person God has placed…
A Heart Pursued
Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. We love him, because…
Why are you cast down, O my soul?
Psalms 42:11 11 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God Picture yourself standing in the middle of a rainforest. The sound of the wind combing through the trees. Imagine the vibrant colors bursting…
Part 4: Peace in the midst of a storm named anxiety: Self destruct
It was like I was smacked-dab in the middle of a storm but with a simple word from God, the area around me became calm. Though the storm billowed, raged and thundered in the distance, I was in the eye of the cyclone, with a mirror only a few feet away from where I stood. I…
Part 3: Self-discovery – Peace in the midst of a storm named anxiety
Have you ever desired to be free so badly that you were willing to do whatever it took to be free from the darkest areas of your true self? It’s like you are weaving in and out of the maze that resides in your mind. Longing, hoping, praying that someday the maze will end and freedom…