Come Home. Be Restored. Choose Life.
Everywhere I turn, I hear the same language.
Choose yourself.
Protect your energy.
This is my year.
I’m focusing on me now.
I’m not giving myself to everyone anymore.
It sounds wise. It sounds healing. It even sounds spiritual. But the more I listen, the more uneasy I become, because none of this sounds like Jesus. [Read more…] about Deny Yourself and Follow Christ: Why Biblical Faith Rejects Self-Focused Living
Control has always been my safety.
That didn’t start as an adult. It started when I was very young. And when I say young, I mean young. I learned early that if something was going to get handled, I was probably the one who had to handle it. If a problem was going to be fixed, I was the one who had to fix it. There wasn’t anyone I could fully trust to step in and take care of things for me. [Read more…] about Letting Go of Control When Control Was How I Survived
Today, returning to God looks like sitting with fear instead of running from it. It is surrender to God, not worldly hustle or frantic performance.
The anxiety is strong today. I am not paid up on rent beyond today. I only have enough money to get back and forth to work for three days. My mind keeps running ahead of me, rehearsing every possible scenario where this falls apart, and I fail again. Every outcome feels heavier than the last, and fear keeps whispering that this time I won’t make it through. [Read more…] about Surrender to God When Fear Is Loud