Loving People

Making eye contact—taking a moment to stop looking at your cell phone—can feel difficult to do when somebody speaks with you. It can sometimes feel like a chore to engage with someone when you don’t see the bigger picture.  But it’s significant to remember that God has placed your neighbors in your life for a…

We all want friends. Friends who are safe people to confide in, whom you can share your heart with, and to talk to when things are hard. As a Christian woman, you need friendships like this to help you thrive in your relationship with Jesus.  Not all friendships will be like this, though, so you…

Sometimes as a believer it’s hard to love others when they’ve hurt you. That is why it’s so important to know how to love others according to the Bible.  The Bible makes it clear how much Jesus loves you and how in turn his love enables you to love others—despite how they’ve treated you. He…

It feels so hard to love others sometimes, even when we deeply desire to.  My eyes were opened to this in my attempt to bring a meal to a family in need. However, the items I wanted were not at the store, and after a long day I felt discouraged.  My plans of delivering a…

I thought we were friends. It never occurred to me that maybe she didn’t think of me that way. I never expected that she viewed me differently. We talked often when we saw each other, and made plans to hang out. Even shared our struggles from time to time. I appreciated her and those moments…

Do you ever feel like it’s hard to open up, honestly, to others with how you are really doing?  Close friends and trusted family members will ask “how are you?” but you shrug it off with “I am good,” or “doing ok, hanging in there!”  I do this, too.  There are times when I don’t…

My heart was filled with deep resentment from the hurt I experienced in the past. I resented the ones who were supposed to protect me, but failed me. I grieved over the lack of relationships that were meant to show me what love and forgiveness looked like. Left with shattered hopes—fearing that I could never…

The high expectations that I had placed on myself to love others led me to think that I needed to sacrifice myself. I placed my needs and wants last, after the wants of others. Not caring for myself left me completely empty. I was exhausted mentally, physically and emotionally. I was depleted to the point…