Having moved often, I have attended many churches in my life… and to be honest, I have experienced church hurt. I didn’t expect that, because I thought church would be the one place where I was safe from being hurt.  If you can relate, you are not alone; God sees you and wants to comfort

If you truly want to love yourself well, you need to know who Christ says you are. This can be found in the Bible. There are many Bible verses about identity in Christ. You were created by God; he made you in a wonderful way. He wants you to live in the truth of how

When you think about yourself, how do you see yourself? If you are like me, you sometimes struggle to have a positive self outlook. You think about all the negative things people have said to you and focus on your flaws.  But to see yourself as God sees you changes your whole life. It alters

After I left my job to stay home with my first child, I didn’t know who I was anymore. I defined myself by my career and now I was lost. If you have felt the same way at some point in your life, know your identity is not in any title this world gives you.

For years, I struggled to love myself. I didn’t think highly of myself because the words of others shattered my self esteem. But as I journeyed with Jesus, I learned that in order to love my neighbor well, I needed to love myself. The best ways to love yourself aren’t always about pampering yourself, but

Do you ever feel unseen?  When confronted with the most impossible struggles and circumstances, this feeling can enter my heart.  I wonder if Jesus sees my pain, my heartache, my distress, and my need for help.  It plagues me why, sometimes, he is taking so long to deliver me to a place of feeling safe

Are you struggling with an unsettled heart? I can understand. When I was first getting to know Jesus, I was deeply torn between how I was living and the life he was calling me to live. Faced with a life-altering decision, desperate for help, with no one to go to, I sought after Jesus. The