A Journey Through Forgiveness
Quite often when I’m preparing to write, I browse back through older posts. It’s helpful for me to find things that I’ve written about certain topics and then find ways to dive deeper or write about it from another perspective or experience. For the theme of forgiveness this week, I took some time to reread […]
Do Justly, Love Mercy
Forgiveness is a struggle. And I have never struggled more than in this season. When I first came to the field, I was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, full of hope and the satisfaction of dreams fulfilled. The memories of those first months, despite the difficulties, still fill me with joy. I had waited a long time […]
3 Lies We Believe About Forgiveness
Forgiveness is one of the greatest struggles we experience as humans. When you’ve been deeply wounded by someone else, forgiveness can be a consuming battle. Maybe this is you today. Maybe you have a fresh wound that’s bleeding out. Maybe you have an old wound that is scarring over, but you feel the resentment and […]
It’s Time to Trade the Yoke
At the beginning of this year I sensed God pressing the pause button on my writing. Not now, He said, not yet. I nodded and said OK. You’ve got stuff in your heart that needs to come out, He said — black, tarry, sticky stuff. I sighed and told Him I knew. There was a […]