Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

What do you see when you look in the mirror? Do you really know who you are? Perhaps you have been walking through life with your head down and your tail tucked because you’re carrying guilt and shame from your past. Guilt and shame from things you have done. Guilt and shame from what others have done to you. You’re condemning yourself and you’re allowing the enemy of your soul and the wicked whispers of others to condemn you. When others talk about you, you feel like they are saying… Oh her? She’s the girl who was put in jail!  She’s the girl who had an abortion!  She’s the girl …

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Ill-fitting Armor

Recently I had an intriguing conversation with a friend, who was struggling.  She told me that she was afraid she was becoming verbally abusive towards her child. She shared that she had been verbally abused as a child, too. I asked further into the situation and gleaned that  she was not following the footsteps that had been her experience.  But she was allowing certain words to rule and reign in her heart. For her, it was ill-fitting clothing, not suited for her beautiful heart for her family and her root desire to be a godly mother and wife–for she is …

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