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Being gentle with ourselves
Letting go of the rigidity and being gentle with who I am and where I’ve come… this is what I aim for now. This is a process; it hasn't happened overnight, and I'm still a work in progress.
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Weeds have pretty flowers too
My mind garden is a beautiful mess, and I work hard on it every single day. What I can't do, I let the grace of the Father tend to in his own beautiful and redemptive way.
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The gift of praising ourselves
In that one imperfect step lies so much courage and strength... It’s the place where you risk letting go of what is familiar and step into what is more true and freeing. It doesn’t matter what the step looks like and if you wobble or trip when we make…
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God wastes nothing
He uses everything. He works in the awkward conversations we didn't know how to handle, the presentation we fumble through, the tears we shed when we let others see that we're human too, the messy part of life that we wished looked a little more put together.
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We are free to be rejected
We are free to face rejection because the most Perfect One of all faced it too. Rejection itself led him to the cross which was the very thing that made him win in the end.
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Being brave is showing up
Bravery is found in the moments that may feel small. In the little things that turn into big things. The big things that wouldn't be possible without all the little big brave steps paving the way.
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Bent but not broken
We appreciate the light so much more when it comes after the dark. We appreciate the Spring after the Winter, the sun after the rain, the healing after the wound. Then we get to help walk others through the darkness because we know the way.
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Our body is a holy place
When it comes to trauma and the brain, God has hardwired our bodies for healing and restoration. He wired our nervous system for balance. This can be a very long process, and he enters into it with us.
