Loving Yourself

Have you ever wondered whether your sacrifices were worth it?  Letting go of the past for a better future requires sacrifice… but it can be hard to look beyond the pain and hurt. Having to forgive; releasing your anger and bitterness; and being humble before the Lord, admitting your need for his help, can lead…

The sweat dripped down my forehead rapidly as I realized I had messed up again.  Getting lost while driving was common for me; I shamed myself for my miscalculations.  Even with the GPS on, I would get lost—fearfully anticipating the worst.  Over and over again, I would internally question my abilities thinking “Why are you…

When your heart is troubled, it can sometimes feel like you are on an emotional roller coaster. The ups and downs can continue with no rest in sight. It’s utterly exhausting. One moment you feel completely, overwhelmingly struck in this place—and the next moment, like you can get through it.  The lows seem to outweigh…

Do you blame yourself when something goes wrong? Or think what happened is always your fault?  I have a tendency to do this.  “I hate myself,” “I really blew it this time,” and “nobody likes me” are common phrases that can saturate my mind in these times.  I question whether the outcome would have changed…

When you find yourself hurt in a moment, how do you cope with it? How do you recover? Do you escape through television, shopping, eating ice cream, or sitting in self-pity? These are some of the ways that I have dealt with my hurt.  The only problem with these things is that they only bring…

It’s so easy to live in denial. It’s a trap that you can fall in effortlessly.  When you don’t admit that you are hurting, it inhibits you from receiving the healing you so desperately need.  I am no stranger to living in denial. Are you? I did for years. Years of believing that I didn’t…

In loss, there you will find grief. It can come on suddenly when we acknowledge what we have lost.  Grief can bring us to a place of great despair. It’s hard to know what to do.  I was deeply stricken by grief as I came to terms with the losses I experienced from my childhood,…

I felt like I was beyond repair; I needed to acknowledge that I had a problem, and that I couldn’t fix it on my own. I tried many times, but the compulsion to control certain things—brought on by unresolved pain from the past—overtook me.  I felt lost, and broken to the core, but knew that…