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A friend of mine asked me to pray for her to re-discover her passion for God. She felt dry in her Christian walk, despite being a Christian for decades. Another friend, also a super strong Christian, told me this would be a great prayer for her. Both of these women attend church faithfully, read their … Read more I Don’t Feel Close to God: Veteran Christians not feeling that passion
I don’t know any other way to begin this post than to reaffirm this title, “You Matter!” Every woman and younger gal out there matters. But what happens when a gal is working so hard, she is taking care of everyone but herself? What if she has a family member (son or daughter, sibling, husband … Read more You Matter: God says so, and so do your loved ones!
Jealousy, our own and other people’s, can either protect a relationship (“healthy jealousy”), or it can damage relationships and hearts. In last week’s post, “True Guilt and False Shame,” I briefly mentioned jealousy, and I’d like to further address that quality. Jealousy can become a tool of Satan unless we recognize it and control it. … Read more Handling Jealousy, Ours and Other’s
Angry people’s words and lies can strike our souls and harm us if we begin to believe these lies. Even when we tell our logical side the words come from a liar or emotionally unstable person, we might not notice the bad impact those words have on our subjective heart. When an angry person blames … Read more When Angry People’s Words Strike Our Hearts
In my last post I talked about struggles gals have when they bury their emotions and no longer know what they are truly feeling. I introduced the idea of compulsions (some people call these addictions) that we use to block our emotions. Where do these compulsions (bad habits we are addicted to) come from? I … Read more Compulsions and Addictions: Where do They Come From?
On a radio broadcast, a young woman said she used to have no idea what she was feeling. She said many Millennials and other young people have lost touch with their feelings. One day when this woman’s husband asked her about her best and worst feeling moment of her day, the wife couldn’t answer. This … Read more What are You Feeling?
When we say certain people are difficult, we might mean we don’t understand them, or we might mean they are being very cruel to us. People are different in many ways, but for now let’s examine these two categories where we have trouble getting along with others. If we can differentiate these two groups, we … Read more Dealing with Difficult People
Some people abandon God when their lives don’t turn out the way they wanted. They believe God owed them something, often a circumstance which did not happen (such as praying for a person to live, but he or she died anyway). Often these people will say God let them down, and they can no longer … Read more Abandoning God When Disappointed?
In an earlier post, “When Bad Life Patterns Repeat,” I said abusers are attracted to people who believe the bad lies (lies that say the person is not worthy of anything good). I want to clarify that abusers initially pursue all women, not just those who believe lies of low self esteem. This does not … Read more Bad Guys Pursue Everyone: It’s not Your Fault
When we don’t understand or work through old problems, we repeat them, and these problems become “bad life patterns.” We hear of daughters of alcoholic fathers (or those with other addictions) who marry alcoholics, to the daughter’s regret. Women who have suffered other pain too can end up repeating mistakes over and over. Why would … Read more When Bad Life Patterns Repeat