Loving People

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…

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…