Do you have super high standards for yourself? If so, join my club. I'm my own worse critic. Probably a perfectionist. I notice areas of my life where I miss the bar all the time. My personal expectations are too high and I'm too small. Questions I'm considering: Who set the bar so high in the first place? Me? A boss? Your peers? A parent? Continue Reading
The Key To Lasting Change
I spend too much time listening to trash talk radio playing in my head. I hear voices that say I'm a hypocrite, I'm vain, and I'm just too selfish to share my gifts and talents with the world. This trash talk is in direct conflict with what I "choose" to spend time listening to each day. Truth is I spend hours almost every day listening to Continue Reading
3 Tips For Fighting a Dark Depression
Depression sucks. I hate it when I struggle. Truth is last year was one of the hardest I've had in over a decade. For a number of reasons I fell prey to a dark depression and it took the life right out of me. Logically I know ways to combat depression, but that doesn't make it easier when I feel like crap (yes, I said crap). Stress. Low Continue Reading
The Voice of Shame
Shame wiggles its way back into my life without much notice. Shame keeps me silent, steals my ability to think straight, and leaves me defeated. Shame by its very nature speaks lies wrapped up in little whispers. Whispers that only I can hear. "See, you are the problem." "You're just too complicated, too sensitive and too difficult to Continue Reading
Forever Free
The best thing about freedom in Christ is it lasts forever. There is no expiration date. No matter what. God's Word is true and His promise of freedom is forever. Never again do you have to live under bondage of your sins, your past, condemning voices or lies. No matter what your circumstances are today you can live free. You can even be Continue Reading
Free From Self Pity
Wow, I have been trying to type something profound and personal tonight, but I can't come up with anything. So in the name of freedom, I'm going to stop right now and just let this picture and simple phrase speak. FREE FROM SELF PITY Can I get an amen? :-) (For previous posts from this series, click 31 day blog series: Live Free. ) Continue Reading