Yesterday I went to a training regarding racism. The day before, I sat at a red light in Pittsburgh where a homeless man was standing next to me on the median. I couldn’t look at him, I didn’t have anything food to give him and I couldn’t think of any words to say. But these […]
Tag: healing
darkness is not dark to You.
Sometimes, actually most times I have no idea what I’m gonna write but I know I need to. God has allowed writing to be a very healing process for me, where He pulls out things in my heart I wasn’t even sure were there and allows me to share them, be honest and open. I […]
past, now, Jesus.
I see pictures from my past and shame floods my heart. I want to hid, I want to forget about all the ways I searched for beauty, acceptance, and love with my body. I beat my body up; working out and doing crazy diets. I spent excessive money on clothes that I thought would make […]
hearing His voice.
I wouldn’t say I am an expert on this topic, not even close and I know there are so many sermons out there about discerning the voice of God. Sometimes I think we, or at least I, can make it so complicated that it becomes a checklist to hear his voice. And I believe it’s […]
I can’t be all these things.
I am going to be honest, this past week has been a struggle for me. I have felt so overwhelmed. Overwhelmed by all the things that I think I have to be, all of the expectations I am placing on myself. How can I be a daughter, a sister, a friend, a leader, a disciple, […]
I dare you to choose truth.
Last week as I was sitting out on my porch, I started to think ahead into the future, wondering what would come of it and I become hopeless and lonely. As my mind started to try to think of ways to deflect what I was feeling and make it feel better, I had remembered a […]
grace as ground.
One of the reasons God brought here this summer was to deepen my faith in Him. I know that sounds simple, oh but it ain’t that simple sister. To be deepened in our faith, we first have to be stretched and challenged to need faith. We first have to need God like never before. Yes, […]
