We all fear rejection to a certain extent, some of us more than others. As humans we long to belong. We want to be loved and accepted by others. When we think that we are going to get “kicked out” of the tribe it incites a fear response in us. This is our natural human …
Tag: Truth
Trust and Receive.
Do you trust God? Do you receive His gifts? We build trust. We choose to believe, have faith, before we have the evidence of what we hope for. (Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.) I was talking with a friend recently about how I …
Love Your Neighbor As Yourself
Jesus said, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Matthew 22:39) Do you love yourself? If you do not love yourself then you are not going to be able to love your neighbor very well. I admit that I did not like or love myself for the longest time. I did not feel worthy of love because …
What Story Are You Telling?
We are each telling ourselves a story about our own worth. Usually, it is a negative story that we are not good enough, that we are not smart enough, not skinny enough, not strong enough, not accomplished enough, etc. Or we tell ourselves we have made too many mistakes, messed up too much, that we …
Struggling with identity?
Who do you say you are? What story do you tell yourself about yourself? What thoughts do you think about you? How do you talk to you? What do you believe about you? Something that helped me a ton was realizing that I am the voice in my head. You are the voice in your …
Decide. Choose. With Intention.
What if we decided to stop being harsh and judgmental of ourselves? What if we decided to meet ourselves with compassion and understanding? What if we decided to believe we are enough just as we are? What if we decided to believe we are loved just as we are? We decide. We have that power. …
Looking in All the Wrong Places
When we are looking for our worth, value, purpose, or meaning “out there” in the world from our work, what we do, or from our children, or anywhere other than from God in ourselves, we tend to show up to our life needy and clingy and expectant. When we are looking for love, joy, or …
LOVE.
Love is a skill you learn. Love is a thought, a feeling, an action, and a result. “Love your neighbor (the people in your life: family, friends, strangers) as yourself.” We must know love to offer love. We practice loving. To live a life of unconditional love, we must believe we are loved, know we …
Searching.
I sometimes feel like I am on a constant search to find the “thing” that will make me “better.” We seriously sometimes think there is some thing or some circumstance that will make us better. We think, once I get married, once I have kids, once I get that job, or the promotion, or when …
Practice believing.
We all want someone else to be kind to us, to believe in us, to support us, and encourage us, and tell us we are doing a good job. To include us and make us feel good about ourselves. And that is great if we have it. But I want to ask you, are you …
seeking and discovering a better WAY 