Why Self-Care Is Important for Victims of Trauma
Self-care is especially important for victims of trauma. Check out today’s article for six ways to incorporate self-care into your everyday life to promote healing and overall well-being.
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Finding Hope in the Midst of Pain and Uncertainty
In today’s post, I’m reviewing the book, From Lost to Found – Giving Up What You Think You Want for What Will Set You Free, by Nicole Zasowski. Her story is one of heartache and healing, infertility and miscarriage, and uprooting an identity misplaced in worldly things to anchor her worth in Christ. It’s about finding hope outside of circumstance, breaking free from perfectionism and other strongholds, and trusting God will use our pain to transform us into His image. If you’re walking through a season of pain or uncertainty, you need to read this book! Visit my post to enter our giveaway and win a free copy!
Hope in the Wait – How to Trust God’s Timing
Whatever you’re waiting for today, know that you are not alone! God is in the waiting and He wastes nothing! Visit today’s post for powerful truths and inspiring examples of how we can wait well and trust God’s timing, even when we can’t see past the struggle.
The Gift of Purpose
Pain without purpose is a tragedy, but pain with purpose is a powerful testimony. In the midst of our pain, we can participate in God’s purpose by exercising our spiritual gifts and sharing the Good News of Christ. We can enter into broken places and embrace our hard stories. Doing so leads to healing, gives hope to others, and glorifies the God that carries us through the most challenging circumstances.
The Gift of Growth
Just as a seed planted deep within the soil prepares for new growth in spring, what can feel like our lowest and darkest seasons are catalysts for transformational change. We learn things we would not have discovered any other way and find healing in God’s presence like nothing this world could provide. Today we’re exploring the unprecedented growth that God offers us in the midst of pain and hardship.
From Hardship to Healing – Inviting Pain to Propel Us Toward Wholeness
In today’s post, I’m sharing about my own struggle with chronic pain. It’s not something I’ve talked much about, in part because I don’t yet have an official diagnosis, but God has brought to my attention that all of us struggle with some form of physical or emotional pain, whether visible to the outside world or not. Pain makes life difficult. Many of us feel anxious, alone, misunderstood, or discouraged. Pain can cause us to doubt our faith, God’s goodness, or even our own self-worth. Pain can be a burden, but it doesn’t have to keep us paralyzed. We can pivot from allowing pain to lead us down a regrettable path toward depression, anxiety, and defeat to instead inviting it to propel us toward wholeness. Check out my post to find out how and sign up for my 5-Day Series, The Unexpected Gift of Pain, to dive deeper into this topic.
From Believing Lies to Being Grounded in Truth – Laura’s Story of Transformation & Healing
Laura’s testimony of overcoming addiction, escaping an abusive relationship, and shedding the lies she once believed about her identity and worth is so powerful! Once she began attending church and seeking Christ, God began to reveal things in her life that needed to change and ground her in truth. Today, she is a Sunday school teacher, women’s ministry leader, and woman of God who is sharing her story to bless others and glorify Him.
From Never Enough to Good – Cultivating a Renewed Body Image
In Meghan’s vulnerable story, From Not Enough to Good – Cultivating a Renewed Body Image, she shares her transformation from being bound by lies to freedom, from hating her body to viewing it as a dwelling place for His Spirit, and from exercising as punishment to exercising for health because God created her body and called it good.
4 Reasons I’m Thankful for Tragedy
Today marks a season of struggle for many of us with financial loss, uncertainty, loneliness, and physical suffering. COVID-19 has affected millions of people in a myriad of ways. In this week’s post, writer and teacher, Rachel Ryan, shares four reasons she is thankful for tragedy and the unexpected blessings that come from it.
Moving Beyond Grief
When we faced with lingering, unanswered questions of ‘what if’ and ‘what now?’, we can draw closer to God who walks with us in our pain and allows something new to be born from it. In today’s post, guest writer Heather Gillis shares how God helped her move beyond grief after she lost her son to a life-threatening illness. Her story is powerful and encouraging!