Loving Yourself

Do you feel like you’re going through a period of time when you’ve lost the ability and desire to do things? Maybe you feel like you’re struggling to move forward in life… but instead finding yourself often feeling hopeless and sorrowful. I went through this recently, after suffering the loss of a dear loved one. …

Are you in pain right now and in need of comfort? Maybe you have experienced loss and are grieving; or in great physical pain; or dealing with conflict in relationships; or having financial hardships.  Whatever you are walking through, I want you to know that God’s perfect comfort is available. There are words of comfort…

Have you suffered the loss of a loved one and don’t know how to deal with your grief? Sometimes it feels like you just want to cry all the time and don’t even want to get out of bed to face the world. Doing normal things just feels so hard.  To begin, I just want…

Are you allowing your mistakes to hold you back? Do you lay awake at night, replaying the wrong things you did or said? You don’t have to obsess over your mistakes when you know the grace of Jesus because there is no condemnation in Christ (Romans 8:1). The grace of Jesus is a gift to…

I always felt like I needed to push myself to do everything on my own. That I shouldn’t rely on others because I didn’t want to bother them. This felt heavy.  Consequently, it made me struggle in my relationship with Jesus—not feeling like I should depend on him—until I learned that living in humility through…

I don’t always like myself. I can say the wrong things to someone or hurt someone unintentionally. I can get frustrated when I want to be patient. I can complain instead of rejoicing in the Lord. I fall short of the glory of God everyday and am so aware of it… and want to change. …

Are you struggling with fear? Fear can make you feel trapped, paralyzed, unable to move forward; it can steal your peace and consume your mind. Maybe you are in a place now where you just don’t know what to do to break free of this fear anymore; maybe you feel hopeless.  God’s word holds the…

It’s such a gift to take care of others—but in the process, you can find yourself feeling completely exhausted, both emotionally and physically. You can experience days and months of feeling like you can’t keep going on anymore.  What do you do when you find yourself in this place? You can learn how to care…

Are you currently fighting a war in your mind? Lies, doubts, insecurities, fears, worries, discouragement: they all can keep popping up. It feels so crippling and hard to constantly fend off these thoughts.  But winning the battle in your mind is possible. God sees you and wants to fight this battle for you. So much…

It was months of seeing nothing happening. I was desperately seeking a clear answer for God’s will. But it was in the silence one day that I heard a “no,” that this was not his will. Tears streamed down my cheeks. My hopes and dreams were crushed.  When God says no, it can be hard…