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Reason Enough to Stay
He’s with me. When life is well — He’s there. When life is throwing one thing after another at me — He’s still there. Some days I want to let go. I want to quit. It would be so easy to say I’m done. But then I think about how far I’ve come, and that…
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When God Meets You in Your Mess
God meets us where we’re at. We don’t have to be Bible scholars or know every ritual religions implement — it’s about relationship. A relationship where your truth can strip down to its nakedness and you can say what you feel without judgment. The space with God is safe. He meets us because He knows…
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Rest Is a Revolution
Are we resting? I’m not talking just sleep, I mean are we taking our rest seriously because it’s not a reward but very much a requirement. Things like yoga and stretching help our bodies recover from our day. Journaling and taking breaks when needed are crucial to our mental rest. It’s even beneficial to our…
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Pour Back Into Yourself
You can’t pour from an empty cup, and no one talks about it enough, but self-replenishing is vital to our beings. We go and we go and we go some more without stopping to consider even the little things. Did I eat today? Am I tired? Am I overstimulated? Granted, priorities and time management do…
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Grace for Who You Had to Be
Stop punishing yourself for who you had to be to survive. For the walls you built because you didn’t feel safe. For the hurt you hid under anger because vulnerability would’ve made everything worse. You made it. Give yourself credit for surviving. The fact that you’re still here is proof your life isn’t in vain.…
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Your Past Is A Resource
It just seems ridiculous to survive our past and not build from it. I’m not saying I’ve had that perspective all of my life, not even most of my life – I wish. Some of us made it out when others didn’t. That alone is reason enough to build from it. It’s Working taught us…