Lose your true self to others? Explore the cup metaphor of self-love, break codependency patterns, and embrace how God uniquely made you. It was a gradual decline. Slowly they lost interest, but like a boulder rolling down a hill, it gained momentum until it was seemingly unstoppable. They had lost […]
Faith & Mental Health
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It felt like they were trying to earn my approval, my love, my acceptance. That if they just did things right, then I would give them some sort of a royal nod of approval. Earned love, I believe, is not really love. Earned acceptance and approval always has this fear […]
Is depression caused by a lack of faith? Find hope through grace and self-compassion, leaving toxic church shame behind. Where are you, God? I thought that if I prayed more, read my Bible more, attended church more, gave more money, then I would feel better. I look at everyone else, […]
Who is on the throne of your life? What is keeping you anxious? Perhaps something needs to change. Back in the eighties, Bob Dylan came out with the song ‘Gotta Serve Somebody.’ In the song, Bob goes through many life scenarios of who or what you might serve. You may […]
It was an echo. A wave of emotion hit them, just like as if it was yesterday. Boom. They were right back there, experiencing the same thoughts and feelings. Sitting on that beach. Warm summer sun. Joyful sounds of children playing in the surf. Wafts of barbequed sausages coming from […]
Our minds can feel like a monkey circus at times, but perhaps Psalm 121 can bring some quiet to our anxiety. Off went my thoughts. Every time I thought about this situation, my mind would take my thoughts on a meandering yet whirlwind dance. Monkeys swinging in the circus of […]
Jospeh was thrown in a pit, but that didn’t stop him seeing the dream he had come to fruition. Be careful sharing your dreams. Have you ever had that experience of wanting to get in a time machine, go back a few minutes, hours, days, weeks, and change something. […]
I keep trying to get things right, but there’s no more penance to pay. It’s all been taken care of. I woke up the other morning with this phrase running through my head. ‘No more penance to pay’ What does this word ‘penance’ mean? Penance comes from the Latin […]
We have desires, longings, thirsts, but can God meet these? What does the Bible say about desire and delight? I have a desire. Actually, I have multiple desires. Desires that I might not even be consciously aware of can be drivers of my behaviour. Often when I listen to people […]
I like known ways. Reliable pathways. But God often wants to show us a pathway no one knew was there! Ready to be surprised? Something had to change because it felt like I had been walking the same pathway in a perpetual rutted circle. Around and around, digging a deeper […]