Are you like me with unending lists of things to improve and work on yourself? What if you took time to rest and enjoy the ground you have gained [a.k.a. spiritual recovery]? What if you asked God to show you your own spiritual bench and rest with Him?
I have cried out to Jesus, “I perish,” over and over again. Sometimes I’ve felt like he must be sleeping and ignoring me while I’m frantically fighting off the [storm] of life with only a teaspoon….
Through my musical daughter, I discovered more appreciation for my parents who were not sporty or athletic at all, but were completely supportive of my passion for basketball…
Tromso, Norway was not a place I’d heard of until my husband suggested we go there. The whole point of going was to see the Northern Lights.
While I have great enjoyment and satisfaction with my new found hobby of trail running. I’m more grateful for the new perspective it has given me of all the blessings and joy from being on Jesus Christ’s covenant path.
I thought I was saying yes to getting time off work, helping to plan here and there, and then going to serve food. We had our first meeting and I realized I had said yes to a much bigger commitment…
“What does healing from abuse look like? What does healing NOT look like?” I’ve realized how important it is to actually know what healing from emotional and spiritual wounds is and what it is not.
The descriptions of being bound or chained in the Book of Mormon resonated so strongly with how I felt by being abused. Abuse begins carefully and a link at a time.