Shame & Shame-based identity
Labels
Labels can be helpful, but what happens when those the labels are hurtful. Sometimes labels help us identify an issue, like Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Understanding ADD helps others understand the person who has it. But what if you just thought (or heard) they were lazy. The label of lazy hurts. I was diagnosed with…
Beautifully Broken
There is a piece of jewelry that pops up on my newsfeed on Facebook. It is one with different size rectangle cubic zirconia in a row. It is called “Beautifully Broken” and contains a written piece of encouragement. When I see it, I think about how many different ways I have experienced brokenness and God’s…
Breath of Heaven
Amy Grant released a Christmas CD in 1992 that contained the song “Breath of Heaven (Mary’s Song). I played it over and over for weeks. There is just something about the song that affects me. This morning as I was sitting reflecting on God, this song came to mind. The Chorus is a prayer for…
Walls
What do you think of when you hear the word “walls”? Of course, you think of buildings or houses. But what about the walls we put up around ourselves? Why do we build those walls? Who are we keeping out? Or who are we keeping in? I have built walls around me. I learned to…
Panic Attack
Years ago, I had an event happen that left me scared, both emotionally and physically. The event severed friendships and bruised my relationship with my spouse. It also left me without a safe feeling at church. I had a community within my church, but when relationships within the group soured, I was left with deep…
The Past, The Shame & The Present
I have not published a blog in a month or so (well, except the one I publish yesterday). It is not that I have not written any, just failed to publish. You see, I wrote about something in the past, but I felt I could not publish it. The fear of judgment, of gossip, of…
Rebel Without Cause
Yes, I am aware the movie title is “Rebel Without A Cause”, but that is not what I am writing about. As a parent, you look at your child differently than you do other children, right? Do you judge other parents by their child’s actions? Every child is rebellious at some point, some are rebellious…
Comparison
Advertisements dare us to compare their prices to others’ prices. We are encouraged to compare our houses and even our lives to others through the “keeping up with the Jones” comic strip. (A newspaper cartoon from 1913-1940.) It was designed to motivate us to succeed and pass the Jones. Well, I do not know how…
There’s Something About Eve
Eve, formally known as Woman. Woman came from man but was created by God for man. The beauty of the Garden of Eden was spectacular, breathtaking. Based on how our (women) bodies contridict man’s, Eve must have been equally breathtaking. God brought her to man. Man didn’t just “find” her, she was gifted to him…
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