Bible Verses on Controlling Your Emotions Feelings and emotions are essential, wonderful, God-created aspects of our lives and relationships; they enable us to experience our life and connect with one another, which is why upon greeting someone we often ask, “How are you?” and “How […]
Standing at that door, my heart pounding in my chest and tears blurred my vision. I knew. In that moment, I knew I just couldn’t live through one more betrayal, one more rejection, one more lie, one more… Still, this tiny thread of … maybe. […]
Is it possible to survive divorce emotionally as a christian? Divorce in the Christian community can be met with such criticism. Even without fully knowing the details, others have made comments that added hurt on an already aching heart. I’m sure most mean well. They […]
Worshipping God in the Hard Times. I recently had the opportunity to visit with a friend. I only knew parts of her story, but I knew life had not been kind to her nor had she always been kind to life; it was a two-way street. […]
Trust God in Difficult Times. “Mrs. Smith, come to the front desk, please.” rambled the intercom around her. Slumped over herself, head in hands, stale cup of coffee at her feet. Red, tired eyes. Evidence of the stream of tears that had become her. Quickly she […]
There I was, avoiding the elephant in the room, sipping my hot tea and overly admiring the pretty tea cup. Ignoring the obvious. He said I have trust issues. There I said it. And I ignored him. I struggled to grasp this truth. […]
The holidays can be so hard. With our lives already busy, we add on the hectic holiday schedules, holiday cooking, holiday spending, etc. What are your best tips for managing holiday stress? The holiday season often brings along with it unwanted stress. These “tips […]
Googling “how to stress relief” will return almost millions in results, some more helpful than others. The problem is, in our “I just want to fix this or make it go away” mentality, we too often treat the symptoms but not the core issue or […]
