I'm Pleased to Announce...

I want to bring something that is truly valuable to you as a reader in hopes of encouraging you and building you up in your journey with the Lord. After celebrating the first anniversary of my website I went to prayer to ask the Lord what’s next on the horizon. I felt He dropped an idea in my spirit that I am so excited about.

I’m pleased to announce the Brave Women Series. 

In the next few months, I will be sharing stories of women I’ve been fortunate enough to encounter. These women are fierce, strong, and have helped me overcome trials and obstacles in my own journey through life. These women have blasted through the glass ceiling for what a woman “should be” and have embraced their identity as who God created them to be. In the months to come, I pray you will be encouraged and empowered through their stories. 

“These women have blasted through the glass ceiling for what a woman “should be” and have embraced their identity as who God created them to be.”

We OVERCOME by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony (Rev 12:11). 

You matter.

Your story matters. 

Have You Given Your Power Away?

I went through some trauma a few years ago and it shook me to the core of my being. I couldn't function. I couldn't think. I felt worthless, tossed aside, and hated.

It took many months before I began crawling out of the hole of despair and I still have days that I fight to quiet the voice of shame in my head. Recently my mentor said something that helped shift my thinking.

She asked, "When did you give your power away?"

At first, I didn't like the question. The person who inflicted the trauma stole my power. The trauma was not something I invited or even wanted and it left me defeated. But that's not what she meant. My mentor wanted me to pinpoint the time and space that I gave away my freedom to the voice of shame. When did I regard the condemning thoughts and feeling of others above my own self-worth?

Since that valuable conversation, I've purposed in my heart to take back my power. In reality, this looks like quieting the voice of shame. It looks like telling condemnation it has no place in my heart and mind. It's taking the lies that I hear in my head and replacing them with the truth.

"For if you embrace the truth, it will release more freedom into your lives." John 8:32

How are you taking your power back? I'd love to hear your comments below.