What does it mean - to be a light in the darkness? What's a practical way to let the light in you shine? We have to shine brightly, because the less we shine, the lower the light, the longer the shadows. The valley is Psalms 23 is only the valley of the SHADOW of death. [...]
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. The knowledge and belief of your value must come from within. It's your responsibility alone to feel good about yourself. Then when someone treats you with value, [...]
St. Ignatius had a set of steps that enabled his followers to become closer to Jesus. One of them stood out to me as an interactive journey I could take—I would walk with Jesus through the Gospel of John as if I were there, using all five senses—sight, smell, touch, hearing, taste. The Beginning It’s [...]
Self-forgiveness of something that makes you ashamed and regretful every time you think of it is harder than forgiveness of others sometimes, especially if you let it define you, when the truth is that's not who you are at all. It's not like you got up that morning and said, Yup, today I'm going [...]
The story of Moses hitting the rock a second time for water shows us that you can still mess up big time after spending hours in God’s presence – when you let the screaming fear and anger of people make you lash out too. Moses hit the rock. Thing is, the Rock was only meant [...]
People talk about forgiveness as if it's a once-off event. I prefer the term living forgiveness. The thing with pain is that once the shock and raw pain subsides, it starts to only hurt when you’re triggered to remember it. Each time that happens, I forgive the person who hurt me again. And again. And [...]
When you feel abandoned by God because of the hatred and unforgiveness in your heart toward someone, and you feel you can't reconcile with God because of it... Nothing is irreversible with God, and you’re now at the doorway into opening your heart to everything he has to give or keeping it closed. The biggest [...]
