the smile you give yourself

There is something really special about the way you find resilience in the hardest of moments.  Being someone who doesn’t see doubt as a barricade but rather as something meant to be walked through takes more courage than you give yourself credit for. Especially on the days when believing in yourself feels hard. You are…

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Held in the Storm

God didn’t spare Daniel from the lions den, he spared him in the lions den God didn’t spare Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego from the fiery furnace, he spared them in the fiery furnace.  God didn’t spare Jonah from the belly of the whale, he spared him in the belly of the whale.  God didn’t spare…

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Faith While Shaking

Anxiety is one of the most misunderstood things.Real anxiety, not just the “I’m anxious kind.”The kind that takes your breath away.The kind that makes you too much and not enough all at once.Anxiety is so misunderstood. Because people assume faith should make you fearless.That if you really trusted Him, your mind wouldn’t race, your heart…

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Just Pray Anyway

I had to learn to pray. Life and anxiety have taught me to pray angry. How to pray with my jaw clenched.With questions stuck in my throat.With words that don’t sound holy at all.Because some nights the only prayer I have is Why, God?Why this?Why again?Why so much waiting?Why so much hard? There are moments…

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Pieces of Me

If I ever lost my memory I don’t think the first person I’d call is a doctor. I think I would call my best friend, because I have this feeling she would know exactly where to begin. She wouldn’t sit me down and tell me my birthday or where I grew up. She’d tell me…

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