Do you have a recurring doubt? For me, it’s the marital status of other people. They say comparison is the thief of all joy and it’s true. I feel content in my life until I see younger people getting married. It makes my heart turn cold and jealous. I say younger people because it doesn’t hit as hard to see people my age or older get married. Seeing that doesn’t make my feel like I’ve missed out on something for…
There is power in a name. The freedom to call something out by name and declare it to others gives us a certain kind of power. On the other hand, refusing to call something out gives that thing a power over us. My experience with pornography addiction taught me about this. For years, I could barely whisper the word pornography to the closest of friends. The shame of porn held me captive and it’s power over me kept me from…
Recently one of my pastors pointed out that worry is a sin because God tells us through both Jesus and Paul to not worry (Matt 6:34 & Philippians 4:6). That revelation has become a real problem for me because my default approach to every problem is worry. Trying to not worry has felt like relearning how to walk and surprisingly it’s been absolutely worth it. I didn’t realize that worrying was robing me of life and strength until I started…