Tadpole Season, Watch out for Cannibals
What kind of Christian are you? Are you a nurturer and protector, or a cannibal of your fellow man, and fellow followers in Christ?
The ONE conference wrap up
I had a great weekend at the ONE conference hosted by 1229 Ministry in Des Moines, Iowa. Nancy Guthrie shared several great messages over the weekend. Her words coupled with great worship with The Museum has me refreshed and renewed. I was glad to spend some time reviewing the message with these great discussion…
Shattering Negative Body Image-Part 3 | The Practice of Self Love
The third thing I did was create new habits to encourage healthy self-talk and practice self-love. [Tweet “If we’re honest, we have dozens of lousy habits, reinforcing our negative self-image. “] Many of these are second nature, we are nearly unaware of them. There comes a time when we must be intentional. Breaking out of…
Shattering Negative Body Image Part 2 | Negative Input
The second thing I did to Shatter My Negative Body Image was to remove the things that made me feel like I would never measure up You know your triggers. What is destroying your self worth? For me, one thing that would leave me feeling hopelessly inadequate was watching every skinny, beautiful actress in movies. They…
Shattering Negative Body Image Part 1 | Changing Our Words
How Borrowing Someone Else’s Words About My Value Helped Shape My New Body Image Funny story, yesterday I went shopping for jeans, right in the middle of this article. Talk about getting checked to see if you are practicing what you are preaching. I have made a lot of progress. Most notably revealed by the…
Shattering Negative Body Image
When you look in the mirror, what to you see? What do you say?I developed the habit of saying some pretty unkind things to the woman in the mirror. Here are 3 things I did that helped me stop.
Making Memorials | Taking Time to Reflect
Remembering is a vital part of of our daily walk with Christ. You are more today than you were years ago in the past.
To Be Clothed in Truth, We Need a Better Stylist
The Holy Spirit helps us by keeping us from wearing an identity that does not belong to us because He knows exactly who God created us to be.
The Measure of the Belt of Truth
If there is one item in my wardrobe that never lies, it’s my belt. My jeans will stretch and shrink. I once washed a pair of well worn jeans, held them up to my body, and was like, who’s pants are these. I’ve stretched and pulled on a shirt, obviously left in the dryer for too…
Banking the Coals for a Fire in Your Prayer Life
I have a great group of ladies in my life. I recommend every woman get a small group of spiritually powerful women to encourage and inspire them. We are all so different. We have different goals and life backdrops going on but when we all show up at the same time on a given Friday morning…
Talk to the head, talking about conflict
Often when we are faced with conflict, how we respond can effect our lives forever. Do you hope that if you let things die down, things can be sorted out later. I can attest to living by that very idea. But in reality the best time to resolve conflict is in the immediate. Can you…
The Antidote for an Addiction to Praise
I am a writer, I like being heard. Most people do. As a writer and a long time people pleaser, I love when people say “good job” or tell me an article was inspiring. If we are honest we all want to be great at what we do. It’s the end goal for most of…
Preparing Your Heart for Gratitude
My ugly brown boots prepared my hear to be grateful for what I have. They also taught me not let frustration convince me to throw out what I should be thankful for.
Monster thoughts under your bed?
As a kid my hand never slipped over the edge of the bed. To do so was certain death. In the darkness of my room, there were monsters. During the day, I knew under the bed was too full of dirty clothes to even fit a monster, but in the dark uncertainty meant danger. Are you…
Taking back the keys to your heart
Don’t wait until you are crumbling to built a support network of people in you life. Start giving your keys to good trustworthy friends. The kind who will redecorate your life and leave goodies in your fridge.