Sometimes Christians you've laughed and cried with do horrible things, making choices that end up serving only themselves and no one else. The devastation and sense of loss can be heart crushing. Some things to remember though: 1. They have to live with themselves forever. As long as they stay swimming in selfishness, they lose [...]
We always have a choice when it comes to our past. We can list off all our triggers and claim that our response/hissy fit is valid because - duh - our past; or we can see all the places in our past where Jesus has applied his truth and respond to current stress with that. [...]
If you're calling the devil's plans for your life God's plan (death, sickness, pain, and suffering), you have a warped understanding of God's love. Yes, God can help you know his presence in the midst of your suffering. Yes, you can grow closer to God in the midst of your pain, because you need everything [...]
Just because something feels true in your head doesn't make it true. If you think you're stupid and it feels true, it doesn't mean it's true. The thought no one could ever love you doesn't make it true. The thought that you'll be in survival mode forever doesn't make it true. What's true is that [...]
Fix Yourself: In Jesus Reviewed By Vincent Dublado for Readers’ Favorite Sally Hanan makes emotional and spiritual healing readily accessible in her self-help book, Fix Yourself: In Jesus. This counseling guide does not simply make you read up on your path to healing. It doubles as a 'fill in the blanks' workbook that requires nothing [...]
I have a friend who did something that hurt me about ten years ago. She's not that close of a friend anymore, and it's not because of what she did; it's because she can't let it go. Every time she sees me, she brings up "the thing," as if her focus on it will somehow [...]
David's name means beloved. What if he didn't know he was loved? What if he'd decided he wasn't worth loving? What if his lack of self love in turn caused him to lack love for others? What if that lack of love made him not care if his people's enemies mocked his people and their [...]
"The first step in asceticism the desert will teach you is purification from haste, agitation, impatience, pressure. In the desert you have to get rid of the 'master of the situation' complex. You find that you are little, insignificant, squeezed in on a waiting bench. No one takes any notice of your needs. Your name [...]
When people break your heart, and they surely will ... With what will you fill the bleeding, gaping cracks? Wet cement or fiery, liquid gold? Wet cement will certainly harden well. Leave that heart fortified. Powerful Gold, on the other hand, is a soft, weak metal. Weathers poorly. But oh, how it shines in the [...]
It is not a woman's job to make a man feel better about himself. It is not a man's job to make a woman feel better about herself. Value must come from within, and the responsibility to feel better about yourself comes from within too. When someone then treats you with value, you can nod your [...]
